Description
Originally published in Paris in 1929, this collage novel by avant-gardist Max Ernst constitutes a seminal 20th-century work of art. The artist's striking combinations of engravings from Victorian-era books and magazines, accompanied by enigmatic captions, offer a universe of mystery replete with all the possibilities of the bizarre dream world of the surreal. Images speak, language illustrates, and the reader's imagination provides the glue.
"Irrational, violent, tender, ironic, Max Ernst has invoked the whole kaleidoscope of human phenomena in these collages ... [turning them] into stunning proposals for adventure," noted this volume's translator, Dorothea Tanning. The Hundred Headless Woman was the first of Ernst's collage novels, and its classic status ensures a place in modern art history classes. Every visit and re-visit to its pages tells a different story, an endlessly fascinating tale that runs an emotional gamut from keen humor to outright horror.
Author: Max Ernst
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 11/15/2017
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780486819112
ISBN10: 0486819116
BISAC Categories:
- Art | European
- Art | History | Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)
- Art | Individual Artists | Artists' Books
"Irrational, violent, tender, ironic, Max Ernst has invoked the whole kaleidoscope of human phenomena in these collages ... [turning them] into stunning proposals for adventure," noted this volume's translator, Dorothea Tanning. The Hundred Headless Woman was the first of Ernst's collage novels, and its classic status ensures a place in modern art history classes. Every visit and re-visit to its pages tells a different story, an endlessly fascinating tale that runs an emotional gamut from keen humor to outright horror.
Author: Max Ernst
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 11/15/2017
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780486819112
ISBN10: 0486819116
BISAC Categories:
- Art | European
- Art | History | Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)
- Art | Individual Artists | Artists' Books
About the Author
A key figure in the Dadaist and Surrealist art movements, German-born Max Ernst (1891-1976) became an American citizen in 1948 and a French citizen in 1958. Painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet, Ernst employed the fragmented logic of collage in this volume and in his landmark collage book, Une semaine de bonté, also published by Dover.
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