細節
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Microbes
a) Rit; b) Rit sans rivale ni raison; c) La stupeur nous saisit devant tes odeurs; d) Vue à l'oeil nu; e) Oubliée dans les bas-fonds de l'aquarium atlantique; f) De son rire blanc et nuageux; g) Dix mille peaux-rouges pâles mais solides; h) Sans titre; i) Ils avalent les jours; j) Pour eux le temps existe; k) Dix mille peaux-rouges se rabattent; l) Sans titre; m) Deux fois par siècle rit; n) Lumière; o) Cache-toi, éternité
gouache on board mounted on fabric covered board
a) 7/8 x 1 3/16in. (2.2 x 3cm.); b) 1 1/8 x 1 3/16in. (2.8 x 3cm.); c) 1 9/16 x 1 3/16in. (4 x 3cm.); d) 2 x 2 7/16in. (5 x 6.5cm.); e) 5/8 x 5/8in. (1.5 x 1.5cm.) f) 7/16 x 7/16in. (1.2 x 1.2cm.); g) ½ x ¾in. (1.3 x 2cm.); h) ¾ x ¾in. (2 x 2cm.); i) 3/8 x 3/8in. (1 x 1cm.); j) 3/8 x 3/8in. (1 x 1cm.); k) 1 x 1 3/8in. (2.5 x 3.5cm.); l) 3¾ x 2¾in. (9.5 x 7cm.); m) 1 3/16 x ¾in. (3 x 2cm.); n) 1 7/8 x 5/8in. (4.2 x 1.5cm.); o) 1 3/16 x 1 9/16in. (3 x 4cm.)
Painted circa 1947: d; Painted circa 1949: g, i, k, l, n; Painted circa 1950: j, o; Painted circa 1951: a, b, c, e, f, m
來源
The Bodley Gallery, New York (d, l)
Angekeski Gallery, New York (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, i, j, k, m, o)
Alfred and Erika Wunderwald, Para, Switzerland (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, i, j, k, m, n, o)
Anon. sale, Maitre Binoche, Paris, Nov. 19, 1975 (acquired by the present owner, a-o)
出版
Life, Jan. 21, 1952 (illustrated in color: a, b, c, d, k, m, n, o) M. Ernst, Sept Microbes: vus ]ga traveurs un tempérament, Paris, 1953 (illustrated in color: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, i, j, k, m, n, o)
S. Alexandrian, Max Ernst, Paris, 1971 (illustrated in color, p. 64: a-o)
W. Spies, Max Ernst, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, no. 2931 (a), no. 2933 (b), no. 2938 (c), no. 2927 (d), no. 2936 (e), no. 2932 (f), no. 2956 (g), no. 2951 (i), no. 2949 (j), no. 2950 (k), no. 2819 (l), no. 2930 (m), no. 2937 (n) and no. 2948 (o) (illustrated)
展覽
New York, Bodley Gallery, Max Ernst: Paintings, Collages, Drawings, Sculpture, Oct.-Nov., 1961 (a, b, c, d [illustrated], k, l [illustrated], m, n, o)