Representative work by Jean Crotti
← Back to Artists

Artist

Jean Crotti

1878–1958 · Swiss-French

Jean Crotti moved from Cubist and Orphist painting into a personal form of Dada after contact with Marcel Duchamp and Francis Picabia in New York. He later developed the movement he called Tabu, combining spiritual and geometric imagery.

Painting; assemblage

Major Works

  • 1916Portrait of Marcel Duchamp
  • 1916Les Forces mécaniques de l’amour
  • 1916Clown
  • 1921Tabu
  • 1920sMystery Acatene
  • 1916Mechanical Composition
  • 1920sParterre de rêve
  • 1916Dada Composition
  • 1920sReligious Composition
  • 1920sUntitled Tabu Painting

Interviews & Writing

Related Artists