La ville pétrifiée (The Petrified City)

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An abstracted urban landscape comprising of textured, patterned 'grattage' rectangles piled one upon the other beneath a large, pale full moon. The patterns are created by pressing painted paper over a textured surface and then scraping away the paint in layers.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

La ville pétrifiée (The Petrified City)

Date

1933

Medium

oil on paper

Measurements

H 50.5 x W 60.9 cm

Accession number

1955.112

Acquisition method

purchased from Roland, Browse and Delbanco, 1955

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

artist's inscription : : brc : artist's name : max ernst

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Manchester Art Gallery

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