About the Artwork
Moonmad
1944
Max Ernst
1891-1976
German
Unknown
Plaster, pigment
Overall: 38 1/2 × 13 3/8 × 14 1/8 inches (97.8 × 34 × 35.9 cm)
Sculpture
European Modern Art to 1970
Founders Society Purchase with funds from the Friends of Modern Art and the W. Hawkins Ferry Tribute Fund
1986.102
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Markings
On side edge of base: "max ernst"
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Provenance
Jimmy Ernst Arnold Herstand and Company (dealer), New York
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Gimferrer, P. Max Ernst. Barcelona, 1983, p. 82, no. 89.
Russell, J. Max Ernst: Life and Work. New York, 1967, p. 204, no. 131.
The W. Hawkins Ferry Collection. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1987, p. 11.
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Max Ernst, Moonmad, 1944, plaster, pigment. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from the Friends of Modern Art and the W. Hawkins Ferry Tribute Fund, 1986.102.
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