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How did Max Ernst use Surrealism?
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Max Ernst used Surrealism to process the traumas he experienced during World War I. His early works consisted largely of collages, which allowed him to represent the shards, rubble and explosions from his wartime experience. In 1922, Ernst moved to France, where he soon became affiliated with Surrealism, the avant-garde art movement taking shape in Paris. Alongside Man Ray, Joan Miró and others, Ernst was among the first visual artists to experiment with the imagery and techniques that became associated with Surrealist art. Ernst’s greatest contribution to the Surrealist movement is often considered his invention of frottage, wherein an artist rubs a pencil or crayon over a paper atop a textured surface, and later grattage, where a similar technique is applied with paint. Both methods showcase Ernst’s fascination with the unconscious and serendipitous elements of artistic creation, a theme that connected the Dadaists and the Surrealists. Explore a range of Max Ernst art on 1stDibs.
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original lithograph
By Max Ernst
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference Spies/Leppien 202. Published in 1971 by XXe Siecle. Sheet size: 12 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (310 x 238 mm). Not signed.
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Max Ernst Dada Surrealist Hand Signed Lithograph Poster for a Jewish Museum
By Max Ernst
Located in Surfside, FL
Max Ernst (German, American, 1891-1976)
Color lithograph
Titled, "Poster For The Jewish Museum"
1966
Hand signed lower right
Hand numbered HC I/XVII
Dimensions: 34.75 x 28.5 sight 2...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ficus Elastica - Original lithograph - Limited / 25 copies
By Max Ernst
Located in Paris, IDF
Max ERNST (1891-1976)
Ficus Elastica, c. 1965
Original lithograph
Unsigned
Numbered / XXV copies
On Japanese paper 57 x 42 cm
INFORMATION: Edition produced by Lucien Treillard, pub...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (Two Birds) - Etching by Max Ernst - 1972
By Max Ernst
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint on Japan paper, realized in 1972.
Printed and published by Georges Visat, Paris.
Edition of 100, numbered 99/100 and hand signed in pencil.
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Electra (Spies/Leppien 21A), Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Ernst, Max, et al. Max Ernst : G...
Category
1930s Surrealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,196 Sale Price
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1958 original exhibition poster by Max Ernst for the Salon de Mai
By Max Ernst
Located in PARIS, FR
This 1958 original exhibition poster, designed by Max Ernst for the Salon de Mai, features "La Forêt à l’Aube" (The Forest at Dawn)—a striking example of his surrealist and abstract ...
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph