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Human Figure with Two Birds, 1925/29
| Content Provider | Art Institute of Chicago |
|---|---|
| Artist | Max Ernst |
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Temporal Coverage | 1925-1929 |
| Description | Like Constantin Brâncusi, Max Ernst was fascinated with birds, and among his earliest works incorporating this motif are some two dozen small, unconventional pictures made around 1925. One of these works was incorporated as a picture within a picture in Human Figure with Two Birds, a painting that set the stage for an extraordinary series of works that Ernst began in 1930, which featured a large, fantastic bird figure that the artist identified as Loplop. In these works, Loplop, the artist's "private phantom attached to my person," generally holds up a picture for presentation. Here the rudimentary figure outlined in white is an early manifestation of Loplop, Ernst's playful, surreal concept of self-portraiture by proxy. [Sharp white lines inscribe a heavy black slab, implying a kind of screenwork person: flat, sharp, a little silly. A soft cloth floats over the figure's "abdomen." On it, two white owls contrast sharply with their soft, luminous featheriness.] |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| Use Rights URL | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| Subject Keyword | Painting Paper (fiber Product) Modern And Contemporary Art Artworks Modern Art |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Painting |
| Object Type | Painting |
