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Collage logic in Max Ernst’s ‘Woman, old man and flower’ (1923–24)
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 261-263
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Author:
Davis, Ellen (Davis, Ellen)
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Kwartler, Talia (Kwartler, Talia)
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Martins, Ana (Martins, Ana)
Subjects
artists:
Ernst, Max
museums and institutions:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
styles:
Surrealism / Dada
subjects:
Technical analysis / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Collage (technique) / Techniques / Scientific analysis
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Woman, old man and flower (Weib, greis und blume), by Max Ernst. 1923–24. Oil on canvas, 96.5 by 130.2 cm. (Museum of Modern Art, New York; © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2021).
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17. Reflected infra-red image of Fig.16, showing evidence of Fig.23 and one state that postdates Fig.23. (© 2017 MoMA, New York).
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18. X-ray image of Fig.16, showing evidence of one state that predates Fig.23. (© 2017 MoMA, New York).
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19. Transmitted infra-red image of Fig.16, showing evidence of one state that predates Fig.23. (© 2017 MoMA, New York).
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20. Map of zinc distribution in Fig.16, obtained by MA-XRF scanning, showing evidence of one state that post-dates Fig.23. (© 2017 MoMA, New York).
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21. Ubu Imperator, by Max Ernst. 1923. Oil on canvas, 81 by 65 cm. (Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris; Bridgeman Images; © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2021).
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22. A rendezvous of friends, by Max Ernst. 1922. Oil on canvas, 130 by 95 cm. (Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Bridgeman Images; © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2021).
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23. Weib, greis und blume I, by Max Ernst. 1923. Reproduced as a ‘tableau détruit’ (‘destroyed painting’) in Dictionnaire abrégé du surréalisme (1938).