Artworks · Max Ernst

An Anxious Friend

1944 · Bronze

66.7 × 34.9 × 43.2 cm (26 1/4 × 13 3/4 × 17 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Summer Night in Arizona

1944 · Oil on canvas

28 × 43.2 cm (11 × 17 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Moonmad

1944 · Bronze

36 7/8 x 13 7/8 x 13 3/4" (93.7 x 35.3 x 34.9 cm) including bronze base 2 3/4 x 12 1/4 x 10 5/8" (5.9 x 31.0 x 26.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

An Anxious Friend (Un ami empressé)

1944 · Bronze

26 3/8 x 14 x 16" (67 x 35.5 x 40.4 cm) including bronze base 2 1/2 x 13 5/8 x 10 3/8" (6.3 x 34.5 x 26.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The King Playing with the Queen (Le roi jouant avec la reine)

1944 · Bronze

38 1/2 x 33 x 20 1/2" (97.8 x 83.8 x 52.1 cm) ; 20 1/2 x 18 1/2" (52.1 x 47 cm) at base

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (The Bird People)

1942 · Colored crayons on orange wove paper

45.5 × 35.5 cm (17 15/16 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Maternity (Study for Surrealism and Painting)

1942 · Pencil and chalk on colored paper

18 7/8 x 12 1/8" (47.9 x 30.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (The Bird People) from VVV Portfolio

1942 · Crayon on paper from a portfolio of five etchings (one with aquatint), three duplicated drawings (two watercolor on paper and one crayon on paper), one collage, one engraving, and one gelatin silver print

composition: 15 9/16 x 13 1/16" (39.5 x 33.1 cm); sheet: 17 7/8 x 14" (45.4 x 35.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Napoleon in the Wilderness

1941 · Oil on canvas

18 1/4 x 15" (46.3 x 38.1 cm)

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Alice in 1941

1941 · Oil on paper on canvas

15 3/4 x 12 3/4" (40.0 x 32.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spanish Physician

1940 · Oil on canvas

37.5 × 54 cm (14 3/4 × 21 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

La dame ovale (The Oval Woman)

1939 · Illustrated book with eight offset lithographs after collages

H.: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate (folio 22) from La Dame ovale

1939 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with eight offset lithographs after collages

composition: 4 13/16 × 3 1/16" (12.3 × 7.8 cm); page: 7 3/8 × 5 1/2" (18.8 × 13.9 cm)

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Plate (folio 24) from La Dame ovale

1939 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with eight offset lithographs after collages

composition: 4 13/16 × 3 11/16" (12.3 × 9.4 cm); page: 7 7/16 × 5 1/2" (18.9 × 13.9 cm)

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Frontispiece (folio 3) from La Dame ovale

1939 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with eight offset lithographs after collages

composition (irreg.): 4 1/2 × 2 3/4" (11.5 × 7 cm); page: 7 7/16 × 5 1/2" (18.9 × 13.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 10) from La Dame ovale

1939 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with eight offset lithographs after collages

composition (irreg.): 4 5/8 × 4 3/8" (11.8 × 11.1 cm); page: 7 1/2 × 5 1/2" (19 × 14 cm)

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Plate (folio 14) from La Dame ovale

1939 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with eight offset lithographs after collages

composition: 2 3/4 × 2 3/4" (7 × 7 cm); page: 7 7/16 × 5 7/16" (18.9 × 13.8 cm)

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Plate (folio 5) from La Dame ovale

1939 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with eight offset lithographs after collages

composition (irreg.): 6 5/8 × 5 1/8" (16.9 × 13 cm); page: 7 1/2 × 5 1/2" (19 × 14 cm)

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Plate (folio 18) from La Dame ovale

1939 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with eight offset lithographs after collages

composition: 4 15/16 × 3 3/4" (12.6 × 9.5 cm); page: 7 1/2 × 5 1/2" (19 × 14 cm)

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Plate (folio 19) from La Dame ovale

1939 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with eight offset lithographs after collages

composition: 5 × 3 9/16" (12.7 × 9.1 cm); page: 7 1/2 × 5 7/16" (19 × 13.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

La Dame ovale

1939 · Illustrated book with eight offset lithographs after collages

page (each approx.): 7 1/2 × 5 1/2" (19 × 14 cm); overall (closed): 7 1/2 × 5 9/16 × 3/16" (19.1 × 14.1 × 0.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Set Design for Alfred Jarry, Ubu Enchaîné

1937 · Graphite and colored pencil with collage of cut relief-printed papers, on tan wove paper

24.2 × 35.5 cm (9 9/16 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Here We Are in France, from Ubu Enchaîné

1937 · Colored pencil, over graphite, with collage of cut relief-printed papers on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove card

24.2 × 35.4 cm (9 9/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Je ne mange pas de ce pain-là

1936 · Illustrated book with one etching

page (each): dimensions vary; overall (closed): 6 7/16 × 3 7/8 × 9/16" (16.4 × 9.9 × 1.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Nymph Echo ( La Nymphe Écho)

1936 · Oil on canvas

18 1/4 x 21 3/4" (46.3 x 55.2 cm)

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Frontispiece from Le Château étoilé

1936 · Frottage

composition (irreg.): 6 3/4 x 6 3/4" (17.2 x 17.2 cm); sheet: 13 3/8 x 10 3/16" (34 x 25.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Garden Airplane-Trap

1935 · Oil on linen

58.4 × 73 cm (23 1/2 × 28 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Barbarians Marching to the West

1935 · Oil paint, with frottage, wiping, and scraping, on tan wove paper, laid down on cardboard

23 × 31.7 cm (9 1/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

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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)

Museum of Modern Art

Lunar Asparagus

1935 · Plaster

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

Museum of Modern Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

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 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 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 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 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)

Museum of Modern Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

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.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Forest and Sun

1931 · Graphite frottage on paper

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

Museum of Modern Art