La forêt Artist: Max Ernst (German, 1891–1976)

1926

Modern and Contemporary Art

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design
Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

unframed: 18 1/4 × 15 1/4 in. (46.4 × 38.7 cm)
framed: 23 1/4 × 26 3/8 × 1 3/4 in. (59.1 × 67 × 4.4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas T. Solley, B.A. 1950

Accession Number

2002.15.21

Culture

German

Period

20th century

Classification

Paintings

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Leonora Carrington, Mexico; André François Petit, Paris; current owner Thomas Solley
Bibliography
  • Larson Powell, The Technological Unconscious in German Modernist Literature (Rochester, New York: Camden House, 2008), ill
  • Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2007), 257, pl. 244
  • "Acquisitions 2002," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2003), 151, ill
Object copyright
© Max Ernst / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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