Barbarians Marching to the West

Provenance

Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne, by 1961. Galerie Thomas Borgmann, Cologne. Galerie Dieter Brusberg, Hanover, by 1979 [Spies 1979]. Sold, Christie’s, London, Mar. 30, 1987, lot 35, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.

Barbarians Marching to the West

Max Ernst

1935

Accession Number

185924

Medium

Oil paint, with frottage, wiping, and scraping, on tan wove paper, laid down on cardboard

Dimensions

23 × 31.7 cm (9 1/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

Classification

prints and drawing

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection