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AFTER A DESIGN BY MAX ERNST
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inscribed and numbered 'MAX ERNST 1/10' (on the reverse)
wool tapestry
90 ½ x 72 ¾ in. (230 x 185 cm.)
Executed in 1965. This work is number one from an edition of ten.
Provenance
Arthur and Madeleine Chalette Lejwa, New York
Bequest from the above to the present owner, 1999
Literature
M. Constantine, An Exhibition of French Tapestries, New York, 1965, p. 22 (another example illustrated).
R. Apter-Gabriel, ed., The Arthur and Madeleine Chalette Lejwa Collection in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2005, p. 244, no. 154 (illustrated).
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Max Ernst (1891-1976) was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet who was a key member of first Dada and then Surrealism. Often depicting fantastic, nightmarish images, Ernst demonstrated a deep interest in Freudian psychoanalysis.

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