Accession Number
117379
Medium
Collage composed of cut engraved elements on tan wove paper
Dimensions
18.5 × 10.4 cm (7 5/16 × 4 1/8 in.)
Classification
collage
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Shapiro
Background & Context
Background Story
Max Ernst's Collage with text (Pie XI: La calvitie vous guette...) (1929/30) is a collage composed of cut engraved elements on tan wove paper, incorporating text that references Pope Pius XI. The collage uses cut engravings from 19th-century sources, reassembled to create a surrealist composition that combines text and image in ways that subvert conventional meaning.
Cultural Impact
Ernst's collage works of the late 1920s are among the most innovative works of Surrealism, using found images to create new, unsettling meanings.
Why It Matters
This collage combines text and cut engravings to create a surrealist composition that subverts conventional meaning.
