Dimensions: 62 x 50.5 cm (clear passe-partout)
signed and described in pencil at the bottom: 'E.A', 'max ernst'
Printed on Arches velvet paper, edition of 125 copies, this one is an author's print (EA); printed by Mourlot in Paris
Condition
framed work
Biography
Max Ernst is one of the most prominent German artists, one of the leading representatives of Surrealism. He initially studied philosophy in Bonn (from 1908). After the end of World War I, in which he fought as an artilleryman, he settled in Cologne, where he became involved with the Dadaist movement. He settled permanently in Paris in 1922. In 1924, after the official establishment of Surrealism, Ernst joined the movement, from which he was later expelled twice (in 1938 and 1954). He lived in the United States during World War II, returning to France in 1953, where he lived until his death in 1976. On September 4, 2005, the Max Ernst Museum Brühl opened in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, the artist's hometown, entirely dedicated to his work. He created collages, drawings and illustrations for stories and poems by friends including Paul Eluard, and also worked in printmaking.
