Max Ernst (1891-1976)

The present work was featured on the cover of the exhibition catalogue of The International Surrealist Exhibition, which was held in London’s New Burlington Galleries in 1936. Having been organised by leaders of the Surrealist movement such as André Breton, Man Ray and Henry Moore, the exhibition was the first show to officially introduce Surrealism to England. The vast number of well-known, international artists on display such as Max Ernst, Hans Arp, Marcel Duchamp, René Magritte and Pablo Picasso expresses the exhibition’s importance for the global Surrealist movement at the time.