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Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbre
1944
Max Ernst
Max Ernst (German, 1891–1976)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbre, 1944. Max Ernst (German, 1891–1976). Oil on canvas; framed: 87.3 x 171.1 x 5.7 cm (34 3/8 x 67 3/8 x 2 1/4 in.); unframed: 68 x 150 cm (26 3/4 x 59 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2002.55 © 1944 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ ADAGP, Paris A frightening fish isn't the only strange thing about this scene; it's also painted in an unusual way. To create more abstract areas in the center of the painting, Ernst lifted paint from the surface using perhaps a cloth or sheet of paper, allowing abstract patterns to form in the process. Called decalcomania, this method blots paint in ways that resemble plants and minerals. Elsewhere in the work, smoothly painted fish scales seem almost traditional by comparison. Scientific analysis of this painting shows that the black background was added last.
- Maker/Artist
- Ernst, Max
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 87.3 x 171.1 x 5.7 cm (34 3/8 x 67 3/8 x 2 1/4 in.); Unframed: 68 x 150 cm (26 3/4 x 59 1/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed and dated lower right: max ernst 44
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 2002.55
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- Max Ernst: A Retrospective, Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Julien Levy Gallery, New York City. Max Ernst. April 24 - May 8, 1944, no. 13.<br>Copley Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA, Max Ernst: Thirty Years of his Work, A Survey, January 10 - February 20, 1949, no. 41.<br>Galerie René Drouin, Paris, Max Ernst, 1950, no. 19.<br>Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Max Ernst, A Retrospective, 1975, no. 205. (traveled to Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 1975). <br>Haus der Kunst, Munich. Max Ernst: Retrospektive, 1979, no. 274.<br>Tate Gallery, London. Max Ernst. A Retrospective, 1991, no. 212.<br>Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Surrealism: Two Private Eyes, The Nesuhi and Daniel Filipacchi Collections, 1999, no. 84. <br>The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (4/4/2005 - 7/10/2005): "Max Ernst: A Retrospective"<br>CMA (organizer). Beijing World Art Museum, China, May 26 - Aug. 27, 2006; Mori Arts Center, Tokyo, Japan: Sept. 9 - Nov. 26, 2006; Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea: Dec. 18, 2006 - March 31, 2007; Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea: Apr. 7 - May 20, 2007; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: June 9 - Sept. 16, 2007; Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct. 21, 2007- January 13, 2008; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, Feb. 21-June 1, 2008; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT, June 22 - September 21, 2008; and the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, October 12, 2008 - January 18, 2009: "Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art"
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted undefined
- Museum Location
- 225 German Expressionism & Surrealism
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