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Max Ernst (French, born Germany. 1891–1976. To France 1922; in U.S.A. 1941–50.)

The Hat Makes the Man. (1920)

Gouache, pencil, ink and cut-and-pasted collotypes on paper, 14 x 18" (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
Inscribed: bedecktsamiger stapelmensch nacktsamiger wasserformer ("edelformer") Kleidsame nervatur. auch! umpressnerven! (c'est le chapeau qui fait l'homme) (le style c'est le tailleur).
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase

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242.35

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Provenance:

Paul Eluard, Paris. Acquired from the artist
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased from Paul Eluard, 1935

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