Max Ernst (1891-1976) and Johannes Theodor Baargeld (1892-1927)

The present works, Typoskript-Manifest, are the result of a collaboration between Max Ernst and Johannes T. Baargeld. Baargeld created the left-leaning art and political journal, Der Ventilator, with which Max Ernst was closely involved. Following the establishment of Dada in Berlin, they formed the Cologne branch of the movement with Hans Arp with an emphasis on the art becoming depersonalized and automatic. Ernst and Baargeld remained separate from the Berlin arm of the group, but they did participate in the famed 1920 Dada exhibition in Berlin. The same year they published Bulletin D and the first edition of Die Schammade; both of which were subsequently banned. The present works executed in 1920 stem from their work together and the founding of the Dada movement in Cologne.