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Trophy, Hypertrophied
Trophy, Hypertrophied (1919) is a work of art by the German dadaist/surrealist Max Ernst. This is one of Ernst’s earliest known works. It was created through a photomechanical process called line-block printing, rarely used in printmaking, to which drawing was added. It depicts a complex mechanical apparatus with celestial shapes as gears. Ernst created a similar piece the same year titled "Farewell My Beautiful Land of Mary Laurencen. Help! Help!"
success. From the 1950s he lived mainly in France. In 1954 he was awarded the Grand Prize for painting at the Venice Biennale. He died at the age of 84 on 1 April 1976 in Paris and was interred at Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Selected works.
Selected works Paintings.
Selected works Paintings Early works.
- "Aquis Submersus" (1919)
- "Trophy, Hypertrophied" (1919)
- "Little Machine Constructed by Minimax Dadamax in Person" (1919–1920)
- "Murdering Airplane"