Max Ernst: Books and Graphic Work

12 May–15 June 1983

Max Ernst, German Surrealist and Dadaist, is best recognized for his dissonant images of larger-than-life objects and human bodies with animal heads. He influenced younger Surrealist artists like Jean Dubuffet, Salvador Dali, and René Magritte. He was also an accomplished printmaker, and more than 200 pieces of his graphic work were the subject of the exhibition at the Smart Museum. Reinhold Heller, Chairman of the Department of Art, University of Chicago, and Evan Maurer, Professor of Art and Director, University of Michigan Museum of Art delivered lectures in conjunction with the exhibition. A series of films were also screened.

The exhibition was co-sponsored by the Goethe Institute of Chicago and funded in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council.

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