Max Ernst

The collaboration

The friendship and collaboration with Egidio begin in 1963, at Arp’s invitation. The first theme is birds, which in Ernst’s work are ambivalent: wicked and tender, shy and demonic, signs of freedom and of threat.

The Immortal, a monumental work, celebrates Ernst’s passion for chess: each piece carries, in its form and size, the character the game gives it. “In this work – explains Egidio – there are two colours. They marry wonderfully. The blue stands for the universe, the pink for the dawn and the rising sun.”