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Title
[The
Elephant
Celebes]
.
Alternative Title
L'Elephant
Celebes
.
Creator
Ernst, Max (German painter, sculptor, and author, 1891-1976)
Date
1921
Cultural Context
German
European
Western European
Style/Period
Modern (styles and periods)
Surrealist
Dada
Theme
Paintings (visual works)
Oil paintings (visual works)
Figures (representations)
Figurative art
Elephants
Animals
Machinery
Machines
Heads (animal or human components)
Heads (representations)
Horn (animal material)
Women
Mannequins (costume equipment)
Nudes (representations)
Nudity
Torsos (animal or human components)
Half figures
Gloves
Gesture
Fish
Sky
Smoke
Shadows
Signatures (names)
Inscriptions
Subject
Paintings
Oil paintings
Elephants
Animals
Machinery
Heads (Anatomy)
Horns (Animal)
Women
Mannequins
Nudes
Breasts
Gestures
Gloves
Fish
Aquatic animals
Smoke
Shadows
Artists' signatures
Inscriptions
Description
From
caption
:
L'Elephant
Celebes
; from the
Tate
Gallery
website
(
http://www.tate.org.uk)
(11-2011)
:
Inscribed
'max
ernst
1921'
b.l
.,
'Celebes'
b.r
. and
'No
.
1
.
MAX
ERNST
|
CELEBES'
on
back
of
canvas
/
Oil
on
canvas
,
49
3/8
x
44
(125.5
x
108)
Material
Oil on canvas
Oil paint (pigmented coating)
Paint
Canvas
Measurements
49 3/8 x 44 (125.5 x 108)
Technique
Painting (image-making)
Oil painting (technique)
Inscription
On front: lower left: Max Ernst 1921; on ground between elephant and nude: CELEBES; Inscribed 'max ernst 1921' b.l., 'Celebes' b.r. and 'No. 1. MAX ERNST | CELEBES' on back of canvas
Work Type
Paintings
Oil paintings
Repository
Tate Gallery (London, England, United Kingdom)
Source
Max Ernst. I Maestri Del Colore. Vol. 188. Milano: Fratelli Fabbri, 1966. (pl.II)
Rights
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Max Ernst courtesy: Per tutte le riproduzioni, © by Spadem, Paris, 1967; Londra [London], Collezione Roland Penrose.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
2437-02.jpg
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