The Massacre of the Innocents

Provenance

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.

The Massacre of the Innocents

Max Ernst

1920

Accession Number

118684

Medium

Black-and-white photograph with hand-coloring in watercolor, gouache, and black ink, laid down on tan wove wood-pulp paper

Dimensions

Primary support: 21.5 × 28.9 cm (8 1/2 × 11 7/16 in.); Secondary support, sight: 29.5 × 38 cm (11 5/8 × 15 in.)

Classification

collage

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Lindy and Edwin Bergman Collection