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Barbarians Marching to the West by Max Ernst — VisualArtsDB

Barbarians Marching to the West

Barbarians Marching to the West

1935

Medium: Oil paint, with frottage, wiping, and scraping, on tan wove paper, laid down on cardboard
Dimensions: 23 × 31.7 cm (9 1/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
Genre: prints and drawing
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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