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MAX ERNST Etching Surrealism German

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MAX ERNST Etching Surrealism German
MAX ERNST
Cologne 1891- 1976 Paris (German)

Et, comme dit l'état-major - 1972
Original Hand Signed and Hand Inscribed Etching

Title : Et, comme dit l'état-major.

Technique : Original Etching on Arches paper with full margins.

Paper Size : 39 X 28 cm / 15.4 X 11 inch.

Image Size : 28.5 X 19.5 cm / 11.2 X 7.7 inch.

Additional Information : This work is Hand Signed in pencil at the lower right margin "max ernst".
And also hand inscribed in pencil "essai" (trial) at the lower left margin.
It was printed in 1972 in the series "La ballade du soldat" (The ballade of the soldier).
The etching was printed in a limited edition of 79 examplares/proofs but this one is one of the few (possibly one of a kind) that were printed before the full edition as a trial proof the examine the color or composition.

Literature : The complete graphic work of Max Ernst by Spies and Leppien, refernce Spies/Leppien 218 XXX.

Condition : Excellent condition.