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Jimmy Ernst

Almost Silence

1952

Dating
Exact year
Held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
44 x 48 in. (111.8 x 121.9 cm)
Collection no.
53.172
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Almost Silence — Jimmy Ernst. 1952.

Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 44 x 48 in. (111.8 x 121.9 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Purchase, Roy R. and Marie S. Neuberger Foundation Inc. Gift, 1953.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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