Max Ernst Loplop : the artist's other self / Werner Spies.
By: Spies, Werner
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BookPublisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 1982Description: 187 p. : ill.(some col.), facsims.,ports. ; 29 cm.ISBN: 0500233713.Subject(s): Ernst, Max, 1891-1976 -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 709.2 ERN Summary: "Around 1930, Max Ernst created a series of collages and other works dominated by a recurring figure - a weird, wooden-looking bird who has some of the artist's own physiognomy. This bird is Loplop, a mask for the artist himself and a reincarnation of the vulture in Leonardo's Virgin of the Rocks." -- Inside cover.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 709.2 ERN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00067710 |
Includes index.
"Around 1930, Max Ernst created a series of collages and other works dominated by a recurring figure - a weird, wooden-looking bird who has some of the artist's own physiognomy. This bird is Loplop, a mask for the artist himself and a reincarnation of the vulture in Leonardo's Virgin of the Rocks." -- Inside cover.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Werner Spies has been a professor of 20th century art since 1975 at the Kunstakademie in Dusseldorf. He is head of the Musee National d'Art Moderne at the Centre Pompidou, Paris and is the editor of the Max Ernst catalogue raisonee. He has gained international recognition for his work as a critic and essay writer.(Bowker Author Biography)