Max Ernst The King Playing with the Queen (Le roi jouant avec la reine) 1944 (cast 1954)
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 38 1/2 x 33 x 20 1/2" (97.8 x 83.8 x 52.1 cm) ; 20 1/2 x 18 1/2" (52.1 x 47 cm) at base
- Credit
- Gift of D. and J. de Menil
- Object number
- 330.1955
- Copyright
- © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Max Ernst has 239 works online.
- There are 1,661 sculptures online.
Installation views
We have identified these works in the following photos from our exhibition history.
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Recent American Acquisitions
Mar 14–Apr 30, 1957
1 other work identified
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Dada, Surrealism and Their Heritage
Mar 27–Jun 9, 1968
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“Primitivism” in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern
Sep 27, 1984–Jan 15, 1985
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Art of the Forties
Feb 24–Apr 30, 1991
12 other works identified
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Art of the Forties
Feb 24–Apr 30, 1991
10 other works identified
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Art of the Forties
Feb 24–Apr 30, 1991
17 other works identified
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Art of the Forties
Feb 24–Apr 30, 1991
5 other works identified
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Figure in the Garden
May 20, 2011–Jul 17, 2013
1 other work identified
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Figure in the Garden
May 20, 2011–Jul 17, 2013
4 other works identified
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Max Ernst: Beyond Painting
Sep 23, 2017–Jan 1, 2018
2 other works identified
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Max Ernst: Beyond Painting
Sep 23, 2017–Jan 1, 2018
18 other works identified
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Max Ernst: Beyond Painting
Sep 23, 2017–Jan 1, 2018
5 other works identified
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Max Ernst: Beyond Painting
Sep 23, 2017–Jan 1, 2018
9 other works identified
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Max Ernst: Beyond Painting
Sep 23, 2017–Jan 1, 2018
8 other works identified
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Max Ernst: Beyond Painting
Sep 23, 2017–Jan 1, 2018
9 other works identified
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