Artworks · Max Ernst

Coquillage

1960 · Color lithograph on paper

Image: 33.8 × 49.2 cm (13 5/16 × 19 3/8 in.); Sheet: 58 × 45 cm (22 7/8 × 17 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The World Is a Story (Mundus est Fabula)

1959 · Oil on canvas

51 1/4 x 64" (130.1 x 162.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Un chant d'amour

1958 · Color lithograph in beige and dark blue on white wove paper

Image: 31.5 × 24.6 cm (12 7/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 39.7 × 29.2 cm (15 11/16 × 11 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Forest at Dawn (La Forêt, à l'aube)

1958 · Lithograph

composition: 20 9/16 x 16 5/16" (52.2 x 41.5 cm); sheet: 25 5/8 x 18 5/16" (65.1 x 46.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 55) from Feuilles éparses

1958 · Etching from an illustrated book with nine etchings (two with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint), two engravings, one aquatint, one drypoint, and one woodcut

plate: 8 3/16 × 6 13/16" (20.8 × 17.3 cm); page: 9 7/16 × 7 7/8" (24 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Landscape

1957 · Oil on glass

11.1 × 20.6 cm (4 3/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Forest and Sun

1956 · Color lithograph in black, blue, red, yellow on tan wove paper

Image: 54.9 × 45 cm (21 5/8 × 17 3/4 in.); Sheet: 65 × 48 cm (25 5/8 × 18 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate from Un Poème dans chaque livre

1956 · Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with seven etchings (three with aquatint, one with aquatint, drypoint, engraving, and roulette), three drypoints (one with engraving), two aquatints, two woodcuts, one engraving, and one lithograph

plate: 5 1/4 × 5 13/16" (13.4 × 14.8 cm); page: 7 1/2 × 7 1/16" (19 × 18 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Owl (Hibou)

1955 · Lithograph

composition: 19 5/16 x 14 1/4" (49 x 36.2 cm); sheet: 22 1/4 x 14 15/16" (56.5 x 38 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Man Hiding in the Forest (L'Homme se cache dans la forêt)

1955 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 20 1/4 x 13 1/16" (51.4 x 33.1 cm); sheet: 25 7/8 x 19 3/4" (65.7 x 50.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 21) from Galapagos: Les Iles du bout du monde

1955 · Etching from an illustrated book with ten etchings (including wrapper, one with aquatint, one inkless)

plate: 6 1/16 × 3 7/8" (15.4 × 9.8 cm); page: 8 1/4 × 5 7/8" (21 × 15 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 32) from Galapagos: Les Iles du bout du monde

1955 · Etching from an illustrated book with ten etchings (including wrapper, one with aquatint, one inkless)

plate: 5 13/16 × 1 3/4" (14.8 × 4.5 cm); page: 8 1/4 × 6 1/8" (21 × 15.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Wrapper from Galapagos: Les Iles du bout du monde

1955 · Etching from an illustrated book with ten etchings (including wrapper, one with aquatint, one inkless)

plate and sheet (unfolded): 14 7/16 × 21 7/16" (36.7 × 54.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Galapagos: Les Iles du bout du monde

1955 · Illustrated book with ten etchings (including wrapper, one with aquatint, one inkless)

page (each approx.): 8 1/4 × 6 1/8" (21 × 15.5 cm); overall (closed): 8 11/16 × 6 5/16 × 1" (22.1 × 16.1 × 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 37) from Galapagos: Les Iles du bout du monde

1955 · Etching from an illustrated book with ten etchings (including wrapper, one with aquatint, one inkless)

plate: 6 1/16 × 3 7/8" (15.4 × 9.8 cm); page: 8 1/4 × 6 1/8" (21 × 15.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 33) from Galapagos: Les Iles du bout du monde

1955 · Etching from an illustrated book with ten etchings (including wrapper, one with aquatint, one inkless)

plate: 5 13/16 × 1 3/4" (14.8 × 4.5 cm); page: 8 1/4 × 6 1/8" (21 × 15.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 27) from Galapagos: Les Iles du bout du monde

1955 · Inkless etching from an illustrated book with ten etchings (including wrapper, one with aquatint, one inkless)

plate: 6 1/16 × 3 7/8" (15.4 × 9.8 cm); page: 8 1/4 × 6 1/8" (21 × 15.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 17) from Galapagos: Les Iles du bout du monde

1955 · Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with ten etchings (including wrapper, one with aquatint, one inkless)

plate: 2 × 4 1/2" (5.1 × 11.4 cm); page: 8 1/4 × 6 1/16" (21 × 15.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 13) from Galapagos: Les Iles du bout du monde

1955 · Etching from an illustrated book with ten etchings (including wrapper, one with aquatint, one inkless)

plate: 1 1/4 × 1 1/4" (3.1 × 3.1 cm); page: 8 1/4 × 6 1/8" (21 × 15.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (page 43) from Galapagos: Les Iles du bout du monde

1955 · Etching from an illustrated book with ten etchings (including wrapper, one with aquatint, one inkless)

plate: 2 3/4 × 4 1/2" (7 × 11.5 cm); page: 8 1/4 × 6 1/8" (21 × 15.5 cm)

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Frontispiece from Galapagos: Les Iles du bout du monde

1955 · Etching from an illustrated book with ten etchings (including wrapper, one with aquatint, one inkless)

plate and page: 8 1/4 × 6 1/8" (21 × 15.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 41) from Galapagos: Les Iles du bout du monde

1955 · Etching from an illustrated book with ten etchings (including wrapper, one with aquatint, one inkless)

plate: 2 3/4 × 1 15/16" (7 × 5 cm); page: 8 1/4 × 6 1/8" (21 × 15.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sept microbes: vus à travers un tempérament (Seven Microbes Seen Through a Temperament)

1953 · Octavo. Half-title, printed title with Ernst's original 'Microbe' tipped-in and signed at lower right in pencil and thirty tipped-in reproductions of Ernst's original 'Microbes'. Original publisher's wrappers, with a reproduction 'Microbe' pasted to front board. From the edition limited to 1,100 copies, this one of 1,000 on 'Marais une fleure' with an original 'Microbe' by Ernst mounted to the title and signed beneath in pencil

book, closed: 7 5/16 × 5 1/8 × 11/16" (18.5 × 13 × 1.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 5) from Das Schnabelpaar

1953 · Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with nine etchings (seven with aquatint, one with paint additions)

plate: 9 3/8 × 6 15/16" (23.8 × 17.7 cm); page: 14 15/16 × 11 1/8" (37.9 × 28.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Das Schnabelpaar

1953 · Illustrated book with nine etchings (seven with aquatint, one with paint additions, one inkless)

page: 14 15/16 × 11 1/8" (38 × 28.2 cm); overall (closed): 15 1/16 × 11 7/16 × 3/8" (38.3 × 29 × 1 cm)

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Plate (folio 6) from Das Schnabelpaar

1953 · Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with nine etchings (seven with aquatint, one with paint additions)

plate: 9 3/8 × 6 15/16" (23.8 × 17.7 cm); page: 14 15/16 × 11 1/8" (38 × 28.2 cm)

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Plate (folio 12) from Das Schnabelpaar

1953 · Etching with paint additions from an illustrated book with nine etchings (seven with aquatint, one with paint additions)

plate: 9 3/8 × 6 15/16" (23.8 × 17.7 cm); page: 14 15/16 × 11 1/8" (38 × 28.2 cm)

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Plate (folio 7) from Das Schnabelpaar

1953 · Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with nine etchings (seven with aquatint, one with paint additions)

plate: 9 3/8 × 6 15/16" (23.8 × 17.7 cm); page: 14 15/16 × 11 1/8" (38 × 28.2 cm)

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Plate (folio 13) from Das Schnabelpaar

1953 · Etching from an illustrated book with nine etchings (seven with aquatint, one with paint additions)

plate: 9 3/8 × 6 15/16" (23.8 × 17.7 cm); page: 14 15/16 × 11 1/8" (38 × 28.2 cm)

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Plate (folio 10) from Das Schnabelpaar

1953 · Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with nine etchings (seven with aquatint, one with paint additions)

plate: 9 7/16 × 7 1/16" (23.9 × 17.9 cm); page: 14 15/16 × 11 1/8" (38 × 28.2 cm)

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Plate (folio 9) from Das Schnabelpaar

1953 · Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with nine etchings (seven with aquatint, one with paint additions)

plate: 9 3/8 × 6 15/16" (23.8 × 17.7 cm); page: 14 15/16 × 11 1/8" (38 × 28.2 cm)

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Plate (folio 11) from Das Schnabelpaar

1953 · Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with nine etchings (seven with aquatint, one with paint additions)

plate: 9 3/8 × 7" (23.8 × 17.8 cm); page: 14 15/16 × 11 1/8" (38 × 28.2 cm)

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Plate (folio 8) from Das Schnabelpaar

1953 · Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with nine etchings (seven with aquatint, one with paint additions)

plate: 9 3/8 × 6 15/16" (23.8 × 17.7 cm); page: 14 15/16 × 15 1/16" (38 × 38.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Personnages

1952 · Color etching and aquatint on laid ivory paper

Plate: 23.2 × 17.6 cm (9 3/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 48 × 33.2 cm (18 15/16 × 13 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1952 · Etching

plate: 7 1/8 x 5 1/8" (18.1 x 13 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 9 15/16" (38 x 25.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1952 · Etching and aquatint with crayon, watercolor and gouache additions

plate: 9 3/8 x 7 1/16" (23.8 x 18 cm); sheet: 14 9/16 x 11" (37 x 27.9 cm)

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Figure

1950 · Etching and aquatint on white wove paper

Plate: 23.6 × 17.8 cm (9 5/16 × 7 1/16 in.); Sheet: 32.8 × 25 cm (12 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Almanach surréaliste du demi-siècle

1950 · Illustrated book with two colour lithographs, eight plates after various artists and illustrations throughout

H.: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mask

1950 · Lithograph printed in orange and black on cream wove paper

Image: 57 × 38 cm (22 1/2 × 15 in.); Sheet: 61.3 × 42.5 cm (24 3/16 × 16 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rhythms

1950 · Color lithograph on paper

Sight: 42.5 × 27.2 cm (16 3/4 × 10 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Parisian

1950 · Plaster

32 x 7 x 4 1/2" (81.3 x 17.8 x 11.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frontispiece from Benjamin Péret: Death to the Cows and the Field of Honor (Benjamin Péret: Mort aux vaches et au champ d'honneur)

1950 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 7 1/8 x 5 1/8" (18.1 x 13 cm); sheet: 12 11/16 x 9 13/16" (32.3 x 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Masks (Masques)

1950 · Lithograph

composition: 13 x 19 3/4" (33 x 50.1 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 25 15/16" (38 x 65.9 cm)

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Star Fish (Étoile de mer)

1950 · Lithograph

composition: 16 3/4 x 10 1/2" (42.5 x 26.7 cm); sheet: 22 5/16 x 15 1/16" (56.7 x 38.3cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rhythms (Rythmes)

1950 · Lithograph

composition: 16 13/16 x 10 13/16" (42.7 x 27.4 cm); sheet: 22 5/16 x 15" (56.7 x 38.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Two Figures (Deux figures)

1950 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 6 3/4 x 10 1/2" (17.1 x 26.6 cm); sheet: 9 7/8 x 13" (25.1 x 33 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dancers (Danseuses)

1950 · Lithograph

composition: 19 7/16 x 12 3/4" (49.4 x 32.4 cm); sheet: 22 5/16 x 15 3/16" (56.7 x 38.5 cm)

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Max Ernst

1950 · Two lithographs

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