Max Ernst Collages: The Invention of the Surrealist Universe

Jacket has light general wear and no tears. Some foxing to top edge of page-block. Minor foxing to ffep and half-title page. Otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. 540pp HEAVY BOOK - NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING Max Ernst's imagination, on the evidence of this exhaustive study, was more varied, more splendid, more daring and more prescient than even his admirers may realize. His surrealist collages, at once playful and menacing, humorous and disturbing, portray a universe where birds gobble fish, mannequins come to life and Eros denied may spring from the barrel of a gun. Ransacking picture postcards, newspapers, catalogues, botanical drawings, calligraphy models, engravings and scientific journals, Ernst brought hermetic images into fruitful association, rattling the gates to the unconscious mind. In his essay, a monumental feat of detective work, German art historian Spies uncovers source materials, discusses Ernst's collage techniques, reviews his collage-novels and tracks Dada antics from Cologne to Paris. Size: 260mm x 320mm.…