Artworks · Max Ernst

Lunar Asparagus (Les Asperges de la lune)

1935 · Painted bronze

64 3/8 x 15 3/4 x 9 1/8" (163.4 x 39.9 x 23.4 cm)

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Lunar Asparagus

1935 · Plaster

65 1/4 x 15 3/4 x 9 1/8" (165.7 x 39.9 x 23.4 cm)

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The Entire City

1934 · Oil paint on paper on canvas

support: 502 x 613 mm frame: 696 x 798 x 47 mm

Tate

Une semaine de bonté, ou, Les sept éléments capitaux (A Week of Kindness, or the Seven Capital Elements)

1934 · Book composed of five volumes

28.6 × 22.6 × 4 cm (11 5/16 × 8 15/16 × 1 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1934 · Painted stone

2 3/8 x 4 1/4 x 4 3/4" (5.8 x 10.7 x 11.7 cm)

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Bird-Head (Oiseau-tête)

1934 · Bronze

20 5/8 x 15 x 10 3/8" (52.4 x 38 x 27.3 cm)

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The Blind Swimmer (Nageur aveugle)

1934 · Oil and graphite on canvas

36 3/8 x 29" (92.3 x 73.5 cm)

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Arp, Max Ernst, A. Giacometti, Miro, Gonzalez

1934 · Letterpress

38 1/8 X 27 3/8" (96.8 X 69.5 cm)

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Volume II: L'Eau (Volume II: Water) from Une Semaine de bonté ou les sept éléments capitaux (A Week of Kindness or the Seven Deadly Elements)

1933 · Volume II from a five volume serial novel with 182 line blocks after collages

page (each): 10 5/8 x 8 1/16" (27 x 20.5 cm)

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Volume V: Le Rire du coq, L'Ile de Pâques, L'Intérieur de la vue, La Clé des chants (Volume V: The Rooster's Laugh, Easter Island, The Interior of Sight, The Key to Songs) from Une Semaine de bonté (A Week of Kindness or the Seven Deadly Elements)

1933 · Volume V from a five volume serial novel with 182 line blocks after collages

page (each): 10 5/8 x 8 1/16" (27 x 20.5 cm)

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Volume I: Le Lion de Belfort (Volume I: The Lion of Belfort) from Une Semaine de bonté ou les sept éléments capitaux (A Week of Kindness or the Seven Deadly Elements)

1933 · Volume I from a five volume serial novel with 182 line blocks after collages

page (each): 10 5/8 x 8 1/16" (27 x 20.5 cm)

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Volume III: La Cour du dragon (Volume III: The Court of the Dragon) from Une Semaine de bonté ou les sept éléments capitaux (A Week of Kindness or the Seven Deadly Elements)

1933 · Volume III from a five volume serial novel with 182 line blocks after collages

page (each): 10 5/8 x 8 1/16" (27 x 20.5 cm)

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Volume IV: Oedipe (Volume IV: Oedipus) from Une Semaine de bonté ou les sept éléments capitaux (A Week of Kindness or the Seven Deadly Elements)

1933 · Volume IV from a five volume serial novel with 182 line blocks after collages

page (each): 10 3/4 x 8 1/16" (27 x 20.5 cm)

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Une Semaine de bonté ou les sept éléments capitaux (A Week of Kindness or the Seven Deadly Elements)

1933 · Five volume serial novel with 182 line blocks after collages

page (each): 10 5/8 x 8 1/16" (27 x 20.5 cm)

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Untitled (Loplop Presents)

1932 · Collage composed of botanical lithograph and graphite on cream wove paper

63.4 × 49.6 cm (25 × 19 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Loplop Presents)

1932 · Collage composed of photograph, graphite drawing, gouache, printed marble paper, frottage, and cut paper elements, painted, colored, and scratched with crayon on ivory wove paper

50 × 64.6 cm (19 11/16 × 25 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mr. Knife, Miss Fork

1931 · Illustrated book on Bristol paper with 19 gelatin silver photograms protected by printed tissue guards; black cloth cover stamped in gilt

18.5 × 12.5 × 1.8 cm (7 5/16 × 4 15/16 × 3/4 in.)

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The Stallion

1931 · Graphite frottage on cream wove paper

29.9 × 24.6 cm (11 13/16 × 9 11/16 in.)

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C'est La Vie / Le Marchard d'Ucel

1931 · Graphite, over lithograph, on tan wove paper

29.4 × 21.9 cm (11 5/8 × 8 5/8 in.)

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Forest and Sun

1931 · Graphite frottage on paper

7 7/8 x 11" (20.0 x 27.8 cm)

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Sun and Forest (Soleil et forêt)

1931 · Cut-and-pasted cardboard with oil, gouache, and pencil on paperboard

16 1/8 x 11 3/8" (41.1 x 28.9 cm)

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Butterflies (Papillons)

1931 · Cut-and-pasted printed and painted paper, cellophane, and pencil on paper

19 3/4 x 25 1/2" (50.2 x 65.4 cm)

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Loplop Introduces Members of the Surrealist Group (Loplop présente les membres du groupe surréaliste)

1931 · Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver prints, cut-and-pasted printed paper, pencil, and pencil frottage on paper

19 3/4 x 13 1/4" (50.1 x 33.6 cm)

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Plate (folio 13) from 23 Gravures

1930 · Etching, aquatint, and drypoint from an illustrated book with twelve etchings (one with aquatint and drypoint), five drypoints, three engravings (one with drypoint), two lithographs, and one woodcut

plate: 7 9/16 × 9 7/16" (19.2 × 24 cm); sheet: 9 13/16 × 12 7/8" (25 × 32.7 cm)

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Marceline and Marie

1929 · Collage composed of printed, cut elements, with touches of watercolor, laid down on cream wove paper

23.9 × 16.7 cm (9 7/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

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The Chorus of the Shipwrecked: And the Day Doesn't Exist at All

1929 · Collage composed of cut engraved elements on tan wove paper, laid down on cream wove card

22 × 18 cm (8 11/16 × 7 1/8 in.)

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Collage with text (Pie XI: La calvitie vous guette...)

1929 · Collage composed of cut engraved elements on tan wove paper

18.5 × 10.4 cm (7 5/16 × 4 1/8 in.)

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Birds above the Forest (Oiseaux au-dessus de la forêt)

1929 · Oil on canvas

31 3/4 x 25 1/4" (80.6 x 64.1 cm)

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The Sea (Marine)

1928 · Oil on plaster on burlap

22 x 18 1/2" (55.9 x 47 cm)

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To the Rendezvous of Friends (The Friends Become Flowers, Snakes, and Frogs) (Au rendez-vous des amis [Les amis se transforment en fleurs, en serpents, et en grenouilles])

1928 · Oil on canvas

51 1/8 x 63 3/4" (129.8 x 161.9 cm)

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Forest and Dove

1927 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1003 x 813 mm frame: 1200 x 1012 x 66 mm

Tate

Forest and Sun

1927 · Oil on canvas

66 × 82.5 cm (26 × 32 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Histoire Naturelle (Natural History)

1926 · Portfolio of 34 collotypes after frottage drawings

composition (orientation varies, each): 10 1/4 × 16 3/4" (26 × 42.5 cm); sheet (orientation varies, each): 19 5/8 × 12 11/16" (49.8 × 32.3 cm)

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The Blue Forest

1925 · Oil on canvas

116 × 73 cm (45 3/4 × 28 3/4 in.)

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The Beautiful Season

1925 · Graphite and graphite frottage, with smudging and erasing, on cream wove paper

20 × 26.4 cm (7 7/8 × 10 7/16 in.)

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Human Figure with Two Birds

1925 · Oil on emery paper, mounted on scrap-wood panel covered with industrial-grade black paper

116.4 × 39.4 cm (45 7/8 × 15 1/2 in.)

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Fruits

1925 · Black colored pencil or crayon frottage on cream wove paper

65 × 49.8 cm (25 5/8 × 19 5/8 in.)

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Les Épouvantails (Scarecrows) from Histoire Naturelle

1925 · One from a portfolio of 34 collotypes after frottage

composition: 10 3/16 × 16 7/8" (25.8 × 42.9 cm); sheet: 12 11/16 × 19 5/8" (32.2 × 49.8 cm)

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Il tombera loin d'ici (He Will Fall Far from Here) from Histoire Naturelle

1925 · One from a portfolio of 34 collotypes after frottage

composition: 16 7/8 × 10 1/16" (42.9 × 25.6 cm); sheet: 19 5/8 × 12 11/16" (49.8 × 32.3 cm)

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La Mer et la pluie (The Sea and Rain) from Histoire Naturelle

1925 · One from a portfolio of 34 collotypes after frottage

composition: 16 7/8 × 10 3/8" (42.8 × 26.3 cm); sheet: 19 9/16 × 12 11/16" (49.7 × 32.2 cm)

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Un coup d'oeil (A Glance) from Histoire Naturelle

1925 · One from a portfolio of 34 collotypes after frottage

composition: 16 15/16 × 10 1/4" (43 × 26 cm); sheet: 19 5/8 × 12 11/16" (49.8 × 32.3 cm)

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Petites tables autour de la terre (Little Tables around the Earth) from Histoire Naturelle

1925 · One from a portfolio of 34 collotypes after frottage

composition: 16 7/8 x 10 5/16" (42.9 x 26.2 cm); sheet: 19 9/16 x 12 3/4" (49.7 x 32.4 cm)

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The Pampas (Les Pampas) from Natural History (Histoire naturelle)

1925 · One from a portfolio of 34 collotypes after frottage

composition: 10 1/4 × 14 3/16" (26 × 36 cm); sheet: 12 11/16 × 19 5/8" (32.3 × 49.8 cm)

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Elle garde son secret (She Guards Her Secret) from Histoire Naturelle

1925 · One from a portfolio of 34 collotypes after frottage

composition: 16 7/8 × 10 1/4" (42.9 × 26 cm); sheet: 19 5/8 × 12 11/16" (49.9 × 32.3 cm)

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Les Champs d'honneur, les inondations, les plantes sismiques (Fields of Honor, Flood, Seismic Plants) from Histoire Naturelle

1925 · One from a portfolio of 34 collotypes after frottage

composition: 10 3/16 × 16 3/4" (25.8 × 42.6 cm); sheet: 12 11/16 × 19 5/8" (32.3 × 49.8 cm)

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Le Start du châtaignier (The Chestnut Trees Take-Off) from Histoire Naturelle

1925 · One from a portfolio of 34 collotypes after frottage

composition: 10 1/16 × 16 7/8" (25.6 × 42.8 cm); sheet: 12 11/16 × 19 5/8" (32.3 × 49.8 cm)

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Scars (Les Cicatrices) from Natural History (Histoire naturelle)

1925 · One from a portfolio of 34 collotypes after frottage

composition: 16 7/8 × 10 1/4" (42.8 × 26 cm); sheet: 19 5/8 × 12 11/16" (49.8 × 32.3 cm)

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Le Tilleul est docile (The Lime Tree Is Docile) from Histoire Naturelle

1925 · One from a portfolio of 34 collotypes after frottage

composition: 10 1/16 × 16 7/8" (25.6 × 42.9 cm); sheet: 12 11/16 × 19 5/8" (32.3 × 49.8 cm)

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