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The House of Fear (La Maison de la Peur)

Date:

1938

Artist:

Max Ernst (American and French, born Germany, 1891-1976) and Leonora Carrington (English, 1917-2011)
published by H. Parisot (French, 20th century)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Max Ernst

Title

The House of Fear (La Maison de la Peur)

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1938

Medium

Book with three line blocks and letterpress in black on cream laid paper

Dimensions

17.3 × 12.7 × 0.2 cm (6 13/16 × 5 × 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

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

Reference Number

2014.440

Copyright

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

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