Composition #3
Composition #3

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Composition #3
Composition #3

Currently not on view

Composition #3,

1932

Max Ernst, 1891–1976; born Brühl, Germany; died Paris, France; active Cologne, Germany, and Paris
x1978-66

Information

Title
Composition #3
Dates

1932

Maker
Max Ernst
Medium
Graphite with lithograph book illustration collaged onto sheet
Dimensions
64.7 x 50 cm (25 1/2 x 19 11/16 in.) frame: 77 × 62 × 4.5 cm (30 5/16 × 24 7/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. R. Kirk Askew, Jr.
Object Number
x1978-66
Inscription
in graphite, lower right: max ernst 1932 in graphite, verso, lower left: J. L. in graphite, verso, lower right: composition # 3
Culture
German
Type
collages, drawings
Materials
graphite, lithographic ink, paper (fiber product), wove paper
Techniques
collage
Subject
children (people by age group), skeletons, women, nudes

The initials on the verso, J. L., might be those of the dealer Julien Levy, who might have owned the collage soon after it was made. Levy owned other works of the Loplop series. Levy's gallery in New York closed in 1949. After the closing several artists came to be represented by Kirk Askew, former owner of this work.

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