Light of Impassable Decay (Lumière infranchissable pourriture) / Max Ernst

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Accession Number: 1986/2.98
Title: Light of Impassable Decay (Lumière infranchissable pourriture)
Artist: Max Ernst
Artist Nationality: German
Artist Life Dates: 1891 - 1976
Medium and Support: color etching and aquatint on off-white wove paper
Object Creation Date: 1964
Credit Line: Museum purchase made possible by the Alfred E. Pernt Memorial Fund in honor of Doctor of Technical Sciences Max H. J. Pernt and his wife Anna Pernt (née Mueller)
Inscription: Signed in margin, l.r. below plate: max ernst;See catalog card for full inscriptions.
Dimensions: 19.2 cm x 14 cm (7 9/16 in. x 5 1/2 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Keywords: abstraction; surrealism
Secondary Keywords: genres; modern and contemporary art; movement
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 913 x 1285
File Size: 116 KB
Record: 1986/2.98
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1986-sl-2.98/1986_2.98.jpg

In public portfolios: All artists in the degenerate art show (313); German art, a survey of UMMA s holdings (90)

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Full citation: "Light of Impassable Decay (Lumière infranchissable pourriture); Max Ernst." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1986-sl-2.98/1986_2.98.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.