Max Ernst “Anti-Philosopher Mr. Aa”

Author Birth and Death: 1891 Brühl (Germany) – 1976 Paris (France)
Technique Material: Etching/Aquatint
Dimensions: 14.0 x 11.0 cm (sheet); 8.6 x 6.2 cm (plate mark)

Exhibition history: "Max Ernst - Figure x Escape" April 2012th - June 4th, 7 Yokohama Museum of Art, July 6th - September 24th, 2012 Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, October 7th - 13th, 9 9th Utsunomiya Museum of Art cat. 2012-10; “Manabia Terrace Opening Commemoration Exhibition from the Ishii Collection from the University of Tsukuba: Encountering Beauty: [First Half] Encountering the World of Paintings”, Manabia Terrace [Higashine City Museum of Art], November 28 12rd - December 16th, cat. 60a; "Ishii Collection Special Exhibition: Surrealist Fragments - Tristan Tzara's 'Anti-Brain' and Three Painters", University of Tsukuba University Hall Art Space, July 1, 2016 - 11 3nd of the month, cat. 12a

Literature: Werner Spies (ed.), Max Ernst: Das graphische Werk, Houston (Texas): Menil Foundation/ Cologne: Verlag M. DuMont Schauberg, 1975, no. 27F; Edited by Rintaro Terakado, “Ishii Collection I. Paintings in the University of Tsukuba,” University of Tsukuba School of Art, 2011, cat. 2 -a; Edited by Rintaro Terakado, “Ishii Collection Study 7: Tristan Tzara’s Anti-Brain”, University of Tsukuba, Faculty of Art, 2020, cat. 1a, col. ills. pp. 10-11; Fumi Tsukahara, “From DADA to AA A Hybrid Exploration of Hetsara's Trajectory and 'Anti-Brain',' Ishii Collection Study 7: Tristan Tzara's 'Anti-Brain'', 2020, pp. 17-35; Kazuho Soeda, 'Max Ernst and Stanley William... "Hater - Prints as Mimicry", "Ishii Collection Study 7: Tristan Tzara's 'Anti-Brain'", 2010, pp. 59-74.

Notes: 8 points.Etching illustration for Tristan Tzara's Anti-Brain (1949, published by Bordas, Paris).

Tristan Tzara “Anti-Brain”
Author's birth and death: 1896 Moinesti (Romania) – 1963 Paris (France)
Year of production: 1949
Publisher: Bordas (Paris)
Notes: A collection of prose poems (23 volumes) with 3 etching illustrations by Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, and Joan Miro.Number 200 out of a limited edition of 49 (numbered on each volume door).

Collection number: 2008-FP-IS002

Explanation:
In 1933, the poet Tzara published an anthology of his works published between 16 and 32 called Anti-Brain, with illustrations by Pablo Picasso.Sixteen years later, she published a new edition in three volumes, limited to 16 copies, with etchings by Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy and Joan Miro.``Mr. Anti-Philosopher Aa,'' which expresses Tzara as a Dadaist, ``Midnight of the Giants,'' which shows the transition period from Dada to Surrealism, and ``Desperante,'' which depicts the automatism of the Surrealists. Ernst, Tanguy, and Miró provided illustrations for each.In particular, Miro's illustrations use clear colors to paint the shapes of the moon and stars, and their bright and free imagination is free from the constraints of Tzara's text, so they are more like poets and painters in the true sense of the word. It could be a collaboration.

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