The Massacre of the Innocents by Max Ernst
Art Institute of Chicago

The Massacre of the Innocents

Max Ernst · 1920

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Simone Kahn (later Collinet), Paris, by 1921-at least 1963 [Paris 1921; Cologne 1963]; Galerie Furstenberg, Paris; sold to Lindy and Edwin Bergman, Chicago, July 28, 1965; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2018.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Paris, Au Sans Pareil, "Exposition Dada, Max Ernst," May 3-June 3, 1921, cat. 31.
  • New York, Museum of Modern Art, "Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism," 1936-1937, p. 223, cat. 348, cat. by Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
  • New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, "International Dada Show," 1953, cat. 87.
  • Düsseldorf Kunsthalle, "Dada: Dokumente einer Bewegung," Sept. 5-Oct. 19, 1958, cat. 285 (ill.); also Frankfurt.
  • Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, "Dada," Dec. 23, 1958-Feb. 2, 1959, cat. 278.
  • Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, "Max Ernst," Nov. 13-Dec. 31, 1959, cat. 125.
  • New York, Museum of Modern Art, "Max Ernst," Mar. 1-May 7, 1961, p. 28, cat. 192, cat. by William S. Lieberman; also the Art Institute of Chicago, June 16-July 23, 1961.
  • Arts Council of Great Britiain (organizer), "Max Ernst," 1961, p. 21, cat. 22 (ill.); shown only at the Tate Gallery, London, Sept. 7-Oct. 15, 1961.
  • Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, "Max Ernst," Dec. 28, 1962-Mar. 3, 1963, pp. 27, and 51-2, cat. 146, pl. 9; also the Kunsthaus Zurich, Mar. 23-Apr. 28, 1963.
  • Chicago, Arts Club, "Drawings 1916/1966," Feb. 28-Apr. 11, 1966. cat. 28.
  • Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, "Fantastic Drawings," 1967–1968, no cat.
  • Städtische Kunstgalerie Bochum, "Die Fotomontage: Geschite und Wesen einer Kunstform," May 25-June 29, 1969, cat. 51.

Literature

Published references

  • Franz Roh and Jan Tschichold (editors), Foto-Age Foto-Auge, 76 Fotos der Zeit (Stuttgart, 1929), p. 33.
  • "Dada à Paris," Cahiers d'Art 1-4 (1934), p. 111 (ill.).
  • Galerie beaux-arts, Dictionaire abrégé du Suréalisme (Paris, 1938), p. 36 (ill.).
  • Herta Wescher, "Collage," Art d'Aujourd'hui (May-June 1954), p. 18, fig. 2.
  • John Anthony Thwaites, "Dada Hits West Germany," Arts Magazine 33:5 (Feb. 1959), pp. 31 (ill.) and 32.
  • Harriet Janis and Rudi Blesh, Collage: Personalites, Concepts, Techniques (Philadelphia, 1962), p. 104, fig. 118.
  • Simón Marchán, "Max Ernst o la pintura de la ambigüedad," Goya 81 (Nov.-Dec. 1967), no 155 (ill.).
  • John Russell, Max Ernst: Life and Work (New York, 1967), pl. 11, pp. 61 and 114.
  • Gina Pischel, A World History of Art (New York, 1968), p. 667 (ill.).
  • William S. Rubin, Dada and Surrealist Art (New York, 1968), fig. 89 and p. 96.
  • Herta Wescher, Collage, translated by Robert E. Wolf (New York, 1968), pp. 126 and 164, as The Slaughter of the Innocents.
  • Max Ernst, Ecritures (Paris, 1970), pp. 261 (ill.) and 263.

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