Maternity (Study for Surrealism and Painting)

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Maternity (Study for Surrealism and Painting)

Max Ernst

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Artist: Max Ernst
Date: 1942
Movement: Dada · surrealism
Medium: Pencil and chalk on colored paper
Dimensions: 18 7/8 x 12 1/8" (47.9 x 30.8 cm)

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Max Ernst, Maternity (Study for Surrealism and Painting), 1942, Pencil and chalk on colored paper, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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Maternity (Study for Surrealism and Painting)

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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)

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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