Whip lashes or lava threads

Whip lashes or lava threads
(Coups de fouet ou ficelles de lave)
 (c. 1925)
plate 11 from Histoire naturelle (Natural history), published 1926

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
collotype
Measurements
26.0 × 43.1 cm (image) 32.4 × 50.0 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Edition
ed. 176/300
Printing/Publishing
published by Editions Jeanne Bucher, Paris
Inscription
printed in ink l.c.: XI
Accession Number
2023.758.11
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2023
© Max Ernst/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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