A Poem-Painting by Max Ernst

Published on 22 October 2021, by Vanessa Schmitz-Grucker

Auction on 19 November 2021 - 14:00 (CET) - Salle 9 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

German Surrealist and Dadaist painter Max Ernst widened the scope of artistic expression with dreamlike collages marked by the Freudian subconscious.

Max Ernst (1891–1976), Untitled, oil and collage of a feather and an element of a... A Poem-Painting by Max Ernst

Max Ernst (1891–1976), Untitled, oil and collage of a feather and an element of a decorative paper frieze on wood panel, 1962, 22.3 x 16 cm/8.78 x 6.30 in.
Estimate: €20,000/30,000

“Feathers may make plumage, but glue does not make a collage”: these words from Max Ernst’s famous essay Beyond Painting bring the iconic, semantic and symbolic properties of collage into play. His experiments in this area followed a series of works involving rubbing and scratching. Breaking free from technical shackles…

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