Our Little Continent (Notre petit continent)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1958
- Medium
- Etching and aquatint
- Dimensions
- plate: 6 1/4 × 4 3/4" (15.9 × 12 cm); page (irreg.): 9 13/16 × 7 15/16" (25 × 20.2 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Camille Bryen
Artist
Camille Bryen was a French painter and poet active in the postwar period. Working primarily in abstraction, he developed a gestural approach to canvas that synthesized influences from European modernism and lyrical abstraction. His practice bridged visual art and literary expression, reflecting a broader postwar engagement with experimental form across disciplines.
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Plate (folio 10) from Hommage à Roger Lacourière
1968 · Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with twelve etchings (two with aquatint, two with drypoint, one with aquatint and drypoint) and one drypoint
Fire Sign (Signe de Feu)
1967 · Etching
In-text plate (folio 11) from Poésie de mots inconnus
1949 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut
In-text plate (folio 6) from Poésie de mots inconnus
1949 · Woodcut from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut
Imaginary Structure (Structure imaginaire)
1948 · Ink and watercolor on paper
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Camille Bryen
- Year
- 1958
- Medium
- Etching and aquatint
- Dimensions
- plate: 6 1/4 × 4 3/4" (15.9 × 12 cm); page (irreg.): 9 13/16 × 7 15/16" (25 × 20.2 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1958-M012260
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Status
- verified