Butterflies (Papillons)

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Butterflies (Papillons)

Max Ernst

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Artist: Max Ernst
Date: 1931
Movement: Dada · surrealism
Medium: Cut-and-pasted printed and painted paper, cellophane, and pencil on paper
Dimensions: 19 3/4 x 25 1/2" (50.2 x 65.4 cm)
Location: The Museum of Modern Art

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Max Ernst, Butterflies (Papillons), 1931, Cut-and-pasted printed and painted paper, cellophane, and pencil on paper, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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Butterflies (Papillons)

More works by Max Ernst

Helio Alcohodada

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

Untitled

Works in the same movement

Têtes-paysage

Fernande Olivier

Plate from 10 Origin

Constellation from Art of Today, Masters of Abstract Art (Art d'aujourd'hui, maîtres de l'art abstrait), Album I

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Hypertrophic Trophy (hypertrophie trophäe, trophée hypertrophique)

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

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

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

A Little Solitude in the Midst of Suns (Petite solitude au milieu des soleils) from Art of Today, Masters of Abstract Art (Art d'aujourd'hui, maîtres de l'art abstrait), Album I

Four Spaces with a Broken Cross (Quatre espaces à croix brisée) from Art of Today, Masters of Abstract Art (Art d'aujourd'hui, maîtres de l'art abstrait), Album I