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Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbre

1944

Max Ernst

(German, 1891–1976)
Culture
Germany, 20th century
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Framed: 87.3 x 171.1 x 5.7 cm (34 3/8 x 67 3/8 x 2 1/4 in.); Unframed: 68 x 150 cm (26 3/4 x 59 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 2002.55
Copyright
© 1944 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ ADAGP, Paris
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
225 German Expressionism & Surrealism
Print
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Description

This painting depicts the remains of a picnic on a cloth and a bottle of wine abandoned on the grass. Painted during World War II while the artist was in exile in the United States, the fish out of water has been seen as a symbol of suffering and the scene itself as a poisoned paradise. At the left Max Ernst painted a chalkboard, similar to daily specials in French restaurants. The text satirically alludes to Édouard Manet’s Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), 1863, a painting that shocked viewers when first exhibited but later became celebrated as an early example of modern art.

Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbre

1944

Max Ernst

(German, 1891–1976)
Germany, 20th century

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