Artworks · Max Ernst

Earthquake (Le Tremblement de terre) 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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She Guards Her Secret (Elle garde son secret) from Natural History (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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Iceflower Shawl and Gulf Stream (Le Châle à fleurs givre) 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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Confidences (Les Confidences) from Natural History (Histoire naturelle)

1925 · One from a portfolio of 34 collotypes after frottage

composition: 16 15/16 x 10 1/4" (43 x 26 cm); sheet: 19 11/16 x 12 3/4" (50 x 32.4 cm)

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False Positions (Les Fausses positions) from Natural History (Histoire naturelle)

1925 · One from a portfolio of 34 collotypes after frottage

composition: 16 7/8 × 10 3/16" (42.8 × 25.9 cm); sheet: 19 5/8 × 12 11/16" (49.8 × 32.3 cm)

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Little Tables around the Earth (Petites tables autour de la terre) from Natural History (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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Eve, the Only One Left to Us (Éve la seule qui nous reste) from Natural History (Histoire naturelle)

1925 · One from a portfolio of 34 collotypes after frottage

composition: 16 7/8 × 10 3/16" (42.9 × 25.9 cm); sheet: 19 5/8 × 12 11/16" (49.8 × 32.3 cm)

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To Forget Everything (A tout oublier) from Natural History (Histoire naturelle)

1925 · One from a portfolio of 34 collotypes after frottage

composition: 10 1/4 × 16 7/8" (26 × 42.9 cm); sheet: 12 11/16 × 19 5/8" (32.3 × 49.8 cm)

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A Glance (Un coup d'oeil) from Natural History (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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The Chestnut Trees Take-Off (Le Start du châtaignier) from Natural History (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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Natural History (Histoire naturelle)

1925 · Portfolio of thirty-four collotypes after frottage

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

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Dadaville

1924 · Painted plaster and cork on canvas

unconfirmed: 680 x 560 x 63 mm frame: 856 x 742 x 117mm

Tate

Untitled (Birds)

1924 · Oil and sand on linen mounted on Masonite pressed-wood board, with cork frame by the artist

19.1 × 29.2 cm (7 1/2 × 11 1/2 in.)

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Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale (Deux Enfants sont menacés par un rossignol)

1924 · Oil with painted wood elements and cut-and-pasted printed paper on wood with wood frame

27 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 4 1/2" (69.8 x 57.1 x 11.4 cm)

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Pietà or Revolution by Night

1923 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1162 x 889 mm frame: 1457 x 1188 x 88 mm

Tate

Men Shall Know Nothing of This

1923 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 803 x 638 mm frame: 970 x 806 x 62 mm

Tate

Woman, Old Man, and Flower (Weib, Greis und Blume)

1923 · Oil on canvas

38 x 51 1/4" (96.5 x 130.2 cm)

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Au 125 du boulevard Saint-Germain

1923 · Illustrated book with one drypoint

composition: 2 9/16 x 2 1/16" (6.5 x 5.3 cm); page (each approx.): 5 7/8 x 4 7/16" (15 x 11.3 cm)

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Celebes

1921 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1254 x 1079 mm frame: 1397 x 1210 x 102 mm

Tate

The Gramineous Bicycle Garnished with Bells the Dappled Fire Damps and the Echinoderms Bending the Spine to Look for Caresses (La Biciclette graminée garnie de grelots les grisous grivelés et les échinodermes courbants l'échine pour quêter des caresses)

1921 · Gouache, ink, and pencil on printed paper on paperboard

29 1/4 x 39 1/4" (74.3 x 99.7 cm)

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The Massacre of the Innocents

1920 · Black-and-white photograph with hand-coloring in watercolor, gouache, and black ink, laid down on tan wove wood-pulp paper

Primary support: 21.5 × 28.9 cm (8 1/2 × 11 7/16 in.); Secondary support, sight: 29.5 × 38 cm (11 5/8 × 15 in.)

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Dada Gauguin

1920 · Gouache and ink on printed paper

30.3 × 40 cm (11 7/16 × 15 3/4 in.)

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Title page from Let There Be Fashion, Down with Art (Fiat modes pereat ars)

1920 · Letterpress and line block

composition (irreg.): 13 3/16 x 9 15/16" (33.5 x 25.2 cm); sheet: 17 3/16 x 12 9/16" (43.7 x 31.9 cm)

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Cover from Let There Be Fashion, Down with Art (Fiat modes pereat ars)

1920 · Letterpress and line block with collage additions

cover: 18 1/16 x 13" (45.9 x 33 cm)

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Plate I from Let There Be Fashion, Down With Art (Fiat modes pereat ars)

1920 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs

composition (irreg.): 16 3/8 x 11 3/4" (37.9 x 30 cm); sheet: 17 3/16 x 12 9/16" (43 x 31.9 cm)

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Plate II from Let There Be Fashion, Down With Art (Fiat modes pereat ars)

1920 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs

composition (irreg.): 13 3/8 x 12 1/16" (33.8 x 30.5 cm); sheet: 17 3/16 x 12 9/16" (43 x 31.9 cm)

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Plate V from Let There Be Fashion, Down With Art (Fiat modes pereat ars)

1920 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs

composition (irreg.): 16 13/16 x 12 1/4" (42.7 x 31.2 cm); sheet: 17 3/16 x 12 9/16" (43 x 31.9 cm)

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Plate IV from Let There Be Fashion, Down With Art (Fiat modes pereat ars)

1920 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs

composition (irreg.): 15 3/16 x 12 1/16" (38.6 x 30.8 cm); sheet: 17 3/16 x 12 9/16" (43 x 31.9 cm)

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Plate VII from Let There Be Fashion, Down With Art (Fiat modes pereat ars)

1920 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs

composition (irreg.): 14 15/16 x 11 3/4" (37.9 x 30 cm); sheet: 17 3/16 x 12 9/16" (43.5 x 31.9 cm)

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Plate VIII from Let There Be Fashion, Down With Art (Fiat modes pereat ars)

1920 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs

composition (irreg.): 16 1/4 x 11 5/8" (41.2 x 29.6 cm); sheet: 17 3/16 x 12 9/16" (43 x 31.9 cm)

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Plate III from Let There Be Fashion, Down With Art (Fiat modes pereat ars)

1920 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs

composition (irreg.): 16 5/8 x 10 1/16" (42.3 x 25.6 cm); sheet: 17 3/16 x 12 9/16" (43 x 31.9 cm)

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Plate VI from Let There Be Fashion, Down With Art (Fiat modes pereat ars)

1920 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs

composition (irreg.): 15 3/4 x 10 1/2" (40 x 26.6 cm); sheet: 17 3/16 x 12 9/16" (43 x 31.9 cm)

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Stratified Rocks, Nature's Gift of Gneiss Lava Iceland Moss 2 kinds of lungwort 2 kinds of ruptures of the perinaeum growths of the heart b) the same thing in a well-polished little box somewhat more expensive (schichtgestein naturgabe aus gneis lava isländisch moos 2 sorten lungenkraut 2 sorten dammriss/herzgewächse b) dasselbe in fein poliertem kästchen etwas teurer)

1920 · Gouache and pencil on printed paper on cardstock

7 1/2 x 9 1/2" (19.1 x 24.1 cm)

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Here Everything Is Still Floating (Hier ist noch alles in der Schwebe)

1920 · Cut-and-pasted printed paper and pencil on printed paper on cardstock

6 1/2 x 8 1/4" (16.5 x 21 cm)

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The Horse He's Sick (Un Peu malade le cheval)

1920 · Cut-and-pasted printed paper with pencil and gouache on printed paper on cardstock

8 7/8 x 11 7/8" (22.5 x 30.2 cm)

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The Little Tear Gland That Says Tic Tac (La Petite fistule lacrimale qui dit tic tac)

1920 · Gouache, pencil, and ink on printed wallpaper on board

17 1/2 x 13" (44.5 x 33 cm)

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Farewell My Beautiful Land of Marie Laurencin (Adieu mon beau pays de Marie Laurencin)

1920 · Line block print with ink on paper

15 3/4 x 11" (40 x 27.9 cm)

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The Hat Makes the Man (C'est le chapeau qui fait l'homme)

1920 · Gouache, pencil, oil, and ink on cut-and-pasted printed paper on board

13 7/8 x 17 3/4" (35.2 x 45.1 cm)

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Hypertrophic Trophy (hypertrophie trophäe, trophée hypertrophique)

1920 · Line block print with ink on paper

16 1/2 x 11" (41.9 x 28 cm)

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Self-Constructed Little Machine

1919 · Graphite with pen and black ink on tan wove paper

46.6 × 31.5 cm (18 3/8 × 12 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate One, from Long Live Fashion, Down with Art

1919 · Pen lithograph on tan wove paper

Overall portfolio: 43.7 × 31.8 cm (17 1/4 × 12 9/16 in.)

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Portfolio wrapper, from Long Live Fashion, Down with Art

1919 · Blue-green title label on yellow paper wrappers

43.7 × 31.8 cm (17 1/4 × 12 9/16 in.)

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Plate Seven, from Long Live Fashion, Down with Art

1919 · Pen lithograph on tan wove paper

43.7 × 31.8 cm (17 1/4 × 12 9/16 in.)

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Title Page, from Long Live Fashion, Down with Art

1919 · Pen lithograph on tan wove paper

43.7 × 31.8 cm (17 1/4 × 12 9/16 in.)

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Plate five. from Long Live Fashion, Down with Art

1919 · Pen lithograph on tan wove paper

43.7 × 31.8 cm (17 1/4 × 12 9/16 in.)

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Plate Three, from Long Live Fashion, Down with Art

1919 · Pen lithograph on tan wove paper

43.7 × 31.8 cm (17 1/4 × 12 9/16 in.)

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Plate Six, from Long Live Fashion, Down with Art

1919 · Pen lithograph on tan wove paper

43.7 × 31.8 cm (17 1/4 × 12 9/16 in.)

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Plate Eight, from Long Live Fashion, Down with Art

1919 · Pen lithograph on tan wove paper

43.7 × 31.8 cm (17 1/4 × 12 9/16 in.)

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