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Read the Slope, Swallow the Sky

Microbe lithograph

Max

Ernst

1891

-

1976

Read the Slope, Swallow the Sky

A photograph of the original microbe painting was published in Life Magazine, 1952, in 
an article about Max Ernst's tiny paintings called microbes.

The lithograph is the same size as the original painting, about 3 inches. The lithograph was printed in Paris: Cercle des Arts, 1953. There were 1,000 created. It depicts the landscape of the Verde Valley, where Max had his home at the time.


The lithograph is same size as the original painting, less than 3 inches in size.
The lithograph was printed in Paris: Cercle des Arts, 1953. There were 1,000 created.
Beautifully framed; the dimensions of frame approximately 12.5 x 15.5
Matted, framed, and under glass. Framed by DuCharme.

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