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Marceline and Marie

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

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  • A work made of collage composed of printed, cut elements, with touches of watercolor, laid down on cream wove paper.

Date:

1929–30

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

Marceline and Marie

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1929–1930

Medium

Collage composed of printed, cut elements, with touches of watercolor, laid down on cream wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed, lower left: "Max Ernst"; inscribed, verso: ""Marceline et Marie (d'une seule voix)" "Il me semble que le ciel descend dans mon coeur..." (Marceline and Marie [of one voice]: "It seems to me the sky is falling into my heart...")

Dimensions

23.9 × 16.7 cm (9 7/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Lindy and Edwin Bergman Collection

Reference Number

2018.317

Copyright

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

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