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Artists›Max Ernst

Max Ernst

1891–1976

WA-00014851

PaintingDadaismSurrealism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

341

Works in Collection

634

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

100%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ154842

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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No image

New Humans: Memories of the Future

New Museum

2026

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (5)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/max-ernst
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Kasminhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/max-ernst
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/max-ernst
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1752
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Dadaism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Tate New Museum

Canonical record

Artworks (341)

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Plate (page 57) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 11 × 8 7/8" (28 × 22.5 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 37) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 6 × 7 1/8" (15.2 × 18.1 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 35) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 5 3/16 × 9 1/4" (13.2 × 23.5 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 39) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 11 11/16 × 7 7/8" (29.7 × 20 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 29) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 11 × 8 15/16" (28 × 22.7 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 27) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 8 7/8" (26 × 22.6 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 33) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 8 7/8 × 8 3/8" (22.6 × 21.2 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Headpiece (page 31) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 8 5/16 × 9 13/16" (21.1 × 25 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 51) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 12 1/16 × 8 11/16" (30.6 × 22.1 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 45) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 7 9/16 × 7 15/16" (19.2 × 20.1 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 25) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 9 15/16 × 8 7/16" (25.2 × 21.5 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 21) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 7 11/16 × 8 7/16" (19.6 × 21.5 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Frontispiece from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 11 3/4 × 8 1/16" (29.9 × 20.4 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Headpiece (page 53) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 5 1/2 × 9 1/8" (14 × 23.1 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Headpiece (page 67) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 6 7/8 × 8 3/8" (17.5 × 21.2 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Wunderhorn

1970 · Illustrated book with 36 lithographs

page (each approx.): 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm); overall (closed): 13 × 10 1/8 × 13/16" (33 × 25.7 × 2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 41) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 4 3/16 × 5 7/8" (10.7 × 14.9 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 49) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 7 1/16" (26 × 18 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 65) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 9 1/2 × 7 15/16" (24.2 × 20.2 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 47) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 11 7/16 × 9 1/8" (29 × 23.2 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 17) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 6 1/8 × 7 15/16" (15.5 × 20.2 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 23) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 5 1/4 × 8 3/4" (13.3 × 22.2 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 19) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 11 3/4 × 8 7/16" (29.9 × 21.4 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 63) from Wunderhorn

1970 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 36 lithographs

composition (irreg.): 9 3/16 × 7 1/16" (23.4 × 18 cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

341 published of 626 catalogued · 417 with image

MoMA
283 publishedof 568 catalogued359 img
Art Institute Chicago
50 published50 img
Tate
8 published8 img

Record

Images

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Peers & Context16

John Currinco-exhibited Salvador Dalíco-exhibited Urs Fischerco-exhibited Lucio Fontanaco-exhibitedThomas Houseagoco-exhibitedEwa Juszkiewiczco-exhibited

Movements2

Dadaism Surrealism

Collections7

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Tate New Museum Art Institute of Chicago Christie's Heritage Auctions

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

Gagosian

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Tate

In collection

New Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

New Museum

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Network

Related Artists

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Heritage Auctions	Feb 2026	$5,000 – $7,000	$7,000

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Exhibition New Humans: Memories of the Future

2026

Exhibition New Humans: Memories of the Future New Museum

2026

Group Exhibition The Omnipotence of Dreams

2025