{"id":142575,"date":"2020-02-06T14:12:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T19:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=142575"},"modified":"2020-02-06T14:14:01","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T19:14:01","slug":"the-collages-of-max-ernst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/06\/the-collages-of-max-ernst\/","title":{"rendered":"The Collages of Max Ernst"},"content":{"rendered":"

Few bodies of work represent the splintering of the twentieth-century Western psyche like the collages of Max Ernst. Striking and playful, the German surrealist\u2019s clipped-together creations, produced throughout his life, attest to a roving eye for materials and a deep curiosity about harmony and dissonance. The art historian Werner Spies has said that \u201ccollage is the thread that runs through all of his works; it is the foundation on which his lifework is built.\u201d A new exhibition of Ernst\u2019s collages<\/a> (on view at Paul Kasmin\u2019s 297 Tenth Avenue location through February 29, 2020) presents approximately forty of them, some of which are being displayed for the first time. A selection of images from the show appears below.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n

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Max Ernst, Deux jeunes Dames<\/em>, 1972, gouache, pencil, ink, and collage on paperboard, 9″ x 11 3\/4″ x 1 1\/2″, framed. Courtesy of Kasmin, New York.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Max Ernst, Lettrine A<\/em>, 1958, pen, ink, and collage on paper, 10″ x 11 1\/8″ x 1 1\/4″, framed. Courtesy of Kasmin, New York.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Max Ernst, Clo\u0302ture<\/em>, 1967\/1975, collage and gouache on paper, mounted on paperboard, 10 1\/4″ x 6 3\/4″. Courtesy of Kasmin, New York.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Max Ernst, Lettrine D<\/em>, 1974, collage on paper, 5 3\/4″ x 4 3\/8″. Courtesy of Kasmin, New York.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Max Ernst,\u2009\u2026 ou en bas, cette inde\u0301cente amazone dans son petit desert prive\u0301 \u2026<\/em>\u2009, 1929\/30, collage on paper, 8 7\/8″ x 8 1\/2″. Private collection. Courtesy of Kasmin, New York.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Max Ernst, Lettrine D<\/em>, 1948, ink and collage on paper, 10 3\/8″ x 8 7\/8″ x 1 1\/4″, framed. Courtesy of Kasmin, New York.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Max Ernst, Les Filles, La Mort, Le Diable<\/em>, 1970, gouache, watercolor, pencil, and paper collage on paper, 12 1\/2″ x 9 1\/4″. Courtesy of Kasmin, New York.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Max Ernst, Lettrine U<\/em>, 1958, pen, ink, and collage on paper, 9 1\/2″ x 9 1\/2″ x 1 1\/4″, framed. Courtesy of Kasmin, New York.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Max Ernst, Le plus beau mur de mon royaume<\/em>, 1968, collage, gouache, and pencil on cardboard, 17″ x 13 1\/4″. Courtesy of Kasmin, New York.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Max Ernst, Singe<\/em>, 1970, gouache, ink, and collage on paper, 7 1\/4″ x 6″. Courtesy of Kasmin, New York.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cCollages<\/a>\u201d will be on view at Paul Kasmin\u2019s 297 Tenth Avenue location through February 29, 2020.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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