Max Ernst

Artist Arnold Newman (American, 1918 - 2006)

Date1942; printed 1980

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 12 7/16 × 9 11/16 inches (31.59 × 24.61 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 11 inches (35.24 × 27.94 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.1993

SignedSigned on sheet recto, lower right, in pencil: "© Arnold Newman"; Stamp on sheet verso, center, in black ink: "© ARNOLD NEWMAN / THIS PHOTOGRAPH CANNOT BE COPIED / TELEVISED OR REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM / WITHOUT THE EXPRESSED AND WRITTEN / PERMISSION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER, IT / CAN BE USED FOR EXHIBIT PURPOSES ONLY. / 39 WEST 67TH ST., N.Y.C. 10023"

InscribedTitled and dated on sheet recto, lower left, in pencil: "Max Ernst 1942"

MarkingsOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "813"; On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "42-4-80".

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DescriptionImage of a man (Max Ernst) seated in ornately carved chair, smoking a cigarette. Several painting, including female nude hang on walls behind him. Small figural sculpture on shelf next to him.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Masters of 20th-Century Photography from the Hallmark Collection. Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Waterloo, IA, May 2- June 13, 1982, no cat.

New Acquisitions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection, 1980-1983. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 1 – May 1, 1983.

Rotation 22. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 10, 2016- January 8, 2017, no cat.

Gallery Label

The surrealist artist Max Ernst sits in the armchair of writer Jean Cocteau. His form is shrouded by the smoke from his cigarette, giving the image a sense of mystery. Arnold Newman was a master of creating environmental portraits to suggest aspects of his sitters’ personalities and occupations. Here, he worked to craft a portrait that suggests Ernst’s mysterious persona and subconscious creative drives.

Provenance

Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1980;
Their gift to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

Provenance

Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1980;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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