
Max Ernst
The Antipope
1941–1942
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Max Ernst
1932
Ferdinand Cheval (1836-1924) was a postman of Hauterives, in the Rhône-Alpes of France, who over a 33-year period built a Palais Idéal in a bizarre, eclectic style using materials gathered on his postal rounds. The palace still exists. As a man who constructed his dreams, Cheval became posthumously a hero of Surrealist artists. Ernst, in the guise of his alter ego Loplop Superior of Birds (present here both in the gouached bird on the left and in the rectangular blue figure with head and cravat on the right), pays homage to him in this collage, which is part of a series titled ‘Loplop Introduces…’
Artist | Max Ernst |
Original Title | Le Facteur Cheval |
Date | 1932 |
Medium | Paper and fabric collage with pencil, ink, and gouache on paper |
Dimensions | 64.3 x 48.9 cm |
Credit line | Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York) |
Accession | 76.2553 PG 74 |
Collection | Peggy Guggenheim Collection |
Type | Work on paper |
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Max Ernst
1941–1942
Max Ernst
1935–36
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1944
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Max Ernst
1931
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