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Museo Picasso Málaga opens “Beyond Painting ~ Max Ernst in the Würth Collection”

Max Ernst - La horde [The Horde],1927 - Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm. Collection Würth, Künzelsau ( Germany ) - © Max Ernst, VEGAP, Málaga 2008

Málaga,Spain – Opening on 22 September 2008, Beyond Painting. Max Ernst in the Würth Collection brings together fifty-seven works including an important selection of illustrated books that is outstanding both for its artistic worth and for the rare occasions on which it is so fully displayed. The exhibition also encompasses paintings, sculptures, drawings, collages and engravings that delve into and reveal the artist’s unsettling, extraordinary world. The works on display belong to the Würth Collection, Künzelsau (Germany), one of Europe’s foremost private holdings and will be shown until 1 March 2009 at the Museo Picasso Málaga.