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Home>Exhibitions>Past>2008>Max Ernst

# Max Ernst: Illustrated Books

March 2 – September 6, 2008West Building, Ground Floor, G21

Max ErnstIllustrated Books
**Max Ernst**, "Les malheurs des immortels," 1922, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, David K. E. Bruce Fund

The mysterious, species-bending creatures invented by German surrealist Max Ernst (1891-1976) during the 1920s and 1930s will be highlighted in the focus exhibition *Max Ernst: Illustrated Books*. Drawn from the Gallery's rare book collection, the nineteen works include pages from Ernst's collage novels *La femme 100 têtes*(1929), *Rêve d'une petite fille qui voulut entrer au Carmel*(1930), and *Une semaine de bonté*(1934).

Max ErnstIllustrated Books
**Max Ernst**, "La femme 100 têtes," 1929, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, Gift of Thomas G. Klarner

Max ErnstIllustrated Books
**Max Ernst**, "Rêve d'une petite fille qui voulut entrer au Carmel," 1930, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, David K. E. Bruce Fund

Max ErnstIllustrated Books
**Max Ernst**, "Weisst du schwatz du: Gedichte," 1930, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, David K. E. Bruce Fund

Max ErnstIllustrated Books
**Max Ernst**, "Spectacle metallique," 1930, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, David K. E. Bruce Fund

Max ErnstIllustrated Books
**Max Ernst**, "Un divertissement," 1939, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, David K. E. Bruce Fund

Max ErnstIllustrated Books
**Max Ernst**, "La dame ovale," 1939, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, David K. E. Bruce Fund

Max ErnstIllustrated Books
**Max Ernst**, "*Une semaine de bonté, ou Les sept éléments* capitaux: roman," 1934, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, David K. E. Bruce Fund

Max ErnstIllustrated Books
**Max Ernst**, "*Une semaine de bonté, ou Les sept éléments* capitaux: roman," 1934, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, David K. E. Bruce Fund

Max ErnstIllustrated Books
**Max Ernst**, "*Une semaine de bonté, ou Les sept éléments* capitaux: roman," 1934, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, David K. E. Bruce Fund

Max ErnstIllustrated Books
**Max Ernst**, "*Une semaine de bonté, ou Les sept éléments* capitaux: roman," 1934, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, David K. E. Bruce Fund

Max ErnstIllustrated Books
**Max Ernst**, "*Une semaine de bonté, ou Les sept éléments* capitaux: roman," 1934, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, David K. E. Bruce Fund

Max ErnstIllustrated Books
**Max Ernst**, "*Une semaine de bonté, ou Les sept éléments* capitaux: roman," 1934, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, David K. E. Bruce Fund

**This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.**

**Overview:** 19 works by surrealist artist Max Ernst were selected from the National Gallery of Art Library rare book collection for this display. Included were pages from Ernst’s collage novels *La Femme 100 têtes* (1929), *Rêve d’une petite fille qui voulut entrer au Carmel* (1930), and *Une Semaine de bonté*(1934).

**Organization:**The exhibition was organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Neal Turtell, executive librarian, National Gallery of Art, and Jennie King, doctoral candidate in the department of art and archaeology, Princeton University, were curators.

                    - Ernst, Max
                    - German , 1891 - 1976

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