Loplop présente facilité (Facility - Lolop Introduces)
Max Ernst (Brühl 1891 – Paris 1976)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1931
Materials
Collage, frottage and pencil on cardboard
Measurements
675 x 527 mm
Order this imageCollection
2 Willow Road, London
NT 112456
Summary
Collage, frottage and pencil on cardboard, Loplop présente facilité (Facilty - Lolop Introduces) by Max Ernst, (Brühl 1891 – Paris 1976), 1931 A collage representing mother and child and child's skeleton with patch of blotting paper/automatic writing and patch of marbled paper and line drawings on substrate. Within a simple wooden frame, with bevelled edges angled inwards, glazed.
Provenance
Acquired in 1934 from Max Ernst by Ernö Goldfinger. Owned by Ernö Goldfinger and Ursula Ruth Blackwell, also known as Mrs Ernö Goldfinger. Purchased by the National Trust in 1994 with support from the Art Fund, and other charitable foundations and private donors.
Credit line
2 Willow Road,London, The Ernö Goldfinger Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
On back.: A multitude of gallery and museum labels providing a history of the loaning of this piece to exhibitions. Each label is an adhesive paper label, printed with details of the artwork and it's provenance as belonging to the Goldfinger family.
Makers and roles
Max Ernst (Brühl 1891 – Paris 1976), artist
Exhibition history
Max Ernst Retrospective, Albertina, Vienna, Austria, 2013 Max Ernst Retrospective, Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, 2013
References
Spies and Metken 1975 - 2007, Werner Spies, Sigrid and Günter Metken (eds.) Max Ernst: Oeuvre-Katalog, Cologne, 1975 - 2007, S/M 1769
