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The Elephant Celebes
The Elephant Celebes (or short Celebes) is a 1921 painting by the German Dadaist and surrealist Max Ernst. It is among the most famous of Ernst's early surrealist works and "undoubtedly the first masterpiece of Surrealist painting in the de Chirico tradition." It combines the vivid dreamlike atmosphere of Surrealism with the collage aspects of Dada.
Description and influence.
Giorgio de Chirico was an inspiration for the early Surrealists, and "Celebes"' palette and spatial construction show his influence. The painting
- "Elephas celebensis" † – Sulawesi dwarf elephant, described from southern Celebes by Hooijer in 1949;
- "Elephas ekorensis" † – described from the Kubi Algi Formation, Turkana, Kenya;
- "Elephas hysudricus" † – described from fossil remains found in the Siwalik hills by Falconer and Cautley, 1845;
- "Elephas hysudrindicus" † – is a fossil elephant of the Pleistocene of Java and different from "Elephas maximus";
- "Elephas iolensis" †
- "Elephas