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A black and white print in the form of a postcard.

The black and white print shows a female figure on the right with her arms upraised. She is standing on the right end a large shape which stretches from the left to the right of the picture plane. The female figure is standing on group of rounded shapes. Behind her is a twisted triangular handle. From the handle on the left is a wing shaped object, beneath it is an elongated shape with an eye and teeth. The form is supported by branch-like structures rising from the lower right corner. A series of hills are visible in the background.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.204.3
People
Max Ernst, German (Brühl, Germany 1891 - 1976 Paris, France)
Title
Le Triomphe de l'Amour/Triumph of Love
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Guaranteed Surrealist Postcard Series
Classification
Prints
Work Type
postcard, print
Date
1937
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342729

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Photo offset lithograph
Dimensions
9.2 x 14.1 cm (3 5/8 x 5 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jack Banning, New York, [Christie's East], sold: to Rick Wester, Dobbs Ferry, New York, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Rick Wester and Jennifer Garvin
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.204.3
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1300 Early Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/18/2018 - 10/17/2019

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