
Max Ernst
The Entire City
1936–37
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Max Ernst
ca. 1941
Max Ernst settled in New York in 1941 after escaping from Europe with the help of Peggy Guggenheim. The same year he executed a small oil on cardboard that became the basis for the large-scale The Antipope. When Peggy saw the small version, she interpreted a dainty horse-human figure on the right as Ernst, who was being fondled by a woman she identified as herself. She wrote that Ernst conceded that a third figure, depicted in a three-quarter rear view, was her daughter Pegeen; she did not attempt to identify another horse-headed female to the left.
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Artist | Max Ernst |
Original Title | “The Antipope” |
Date | ca. 1941 |
Medium | Oil on cardboard, mounted on board |
Dimensions | 32.5 x 26.5 cm |
Credit line | Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York) |
Accession | 76.2553 PG 79 |
Collection | Peggy Guggenheim Collection |
Type | Work on paper |
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Max Ernst
1936–37
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Max Ernst
1932
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Max Ernst
1940
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Max Ernst
1944
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