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The Gallant Sheep (La Brebis Galante)

Date:

1949

Artist:

Max Ernst (American and French, born Germany, 1891-1976)
written by Benjamin Péret (French, 1899-1959)
published by Les Editions Premieres (French, 20th century)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Max Ernst

Title

The Gallant Sheep (La Brebis Galante)

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1949

Medium

Book with three color etchings with aquatint and twenty-two illustrations, some with pochoir, with a lithograph cover

Dimensions

24.2 × 19.8 × 1.5 cm (9 9/16 × 7 13/16 × 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg in memory of Bessie Kisloff Braude, Esq.

Reference Number

2014.438

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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