Max Ernst The Gramineous Bicycle Garnished with Bells the Dappled Fire Damps and the Echinoderms Bending the Spine to Look for Caresses (La Biciclette graminée garnie de grelots les grisous grivelés et les échinodermes courbants l'échine pour quêter des caresses) 1921
- Medium
- Gouache, ink, and pencil on printed paper on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 29 1/4 x 39 1/4" (74.3 x 99.7 cm)
- Credit
- Purchase
- Object number
- 279.1937
- Copyright
- © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Max Ernst has 239 works online.
- There are 18,038 drawings online.
Installation views
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Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism
Dec 9, 1936–Jan 17, 1937
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German Art of the 20th Century
Oct 2–Dec 1, 1957
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Max Ernst
Mar 1–May 8, 1961
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Permanent Collection
Mar 29, 1972–Apr 21, 1980
1 other work identified
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A Century of Modern Drawing, 1881–1981
Mar 1–16, 1982
1 other work identified
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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992
1 other work identified
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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992
3 other works identified
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Max Ernst: Dada and the Dawn of Surrealism
Mar 14–May 2, 1993
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Collecting in Depth: Drawings by Grosz, Schwitters, Ernst, and Klee
May 13–Jul 20, 1999
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Making Choices
Mar 16–Sep 26, 2000
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Making Choices
Mar 16–Sep 26, 2000
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Painting &
Sculpture II Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015
13 other works identified
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Painting &
Sculpture II Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015
13 other works identified
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Dada
Jun 18–Sep 11, 2006
1 other work identified
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Dada
Jun 18–Sep 11, 2006
3 other works identified
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Dada
Jun 18–Sep 11, 2006
2 other works identified
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The Modern Myth: Drawing Mythologies in Modern Times
Mar 10–Aug 30, 2010
3 other works identified
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The Modern Myth: Drawing Mythologies in Modern Times
Mar 10–Aug 30, 2010
4 other works identified
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The Modern Myth: Drawing Mythologies in Modern Times
Mar 10–Aug 30, 2010
3 other works identified
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Max Ernst: Beyond Painting
Sep 23, 2017–Jan 1, 2018
15 other works identified
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Max Ernst: Beyond Painting
Sep 23, 2017–Jan 1, 2018
6 other works identified
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Tristan Tzara, Paris. Acquired from the artist
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased from Tristan Tzara, 1937
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