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The Chorus of the Shipwrecked: And the Day Doesn't Exist at All

A work made of collage composed of cut engraved elements on tan wove paper, laid down on cream wove card.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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  • A work made of collage composed of cut engraved elements on tan wove paper, laid down on cream wove card.

Date:

1929/30

Artist:

Max Ernst
American and French, born Germany, 1891-1976

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Max Ernst

Title

The Chorus of the Shipwrecked: And the Day Doesn't Exist at All

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1929–1930

Medium

Collage composed of cut engraved elements on tan wove paper, laid down on cream wove card

Dimensions

22 × 18 cm (8 11/16 × 7 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Shapiro

Reference Number

1992.217

Copyright

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

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