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The Massacre of the Innocents

A work made of black-and-white photograph with hand-coloring in watercolor, gouache, and black ink, laid down on tan wove wood-pulp paper.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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  • A work made of black-and-white photograph with hand-coloring in watercolor, gouache, and black ink, laid down on tan wove wood-pulp paper.

Date:

1920

Artist:

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

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 397

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Max Ernst

Title

The Massacre of the Innocents

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1920

Medium

Black-and-white photograph with hand-coloring in watercolor, gouache, and black ink, laid down on tan wove wood-pulp paper

Inscriptions

Signed lower right: "Max Ernst"; inscribed lower left: "Le Massacre des Innocents"

Dimensions

Primary support: 21.5 × 28.9 cm (8 1/2 × 11 7/16 in.); Secondary support, sight: 29.5 × 38 cm (11 5/8 × 15 in.)

Credit Line

Lindy and Edwin Bergman Collection

Reference Number

2018.316

Copyright

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

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