Art, literature & historyThe Massacre of the Innocents
1920
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Black-and-white photograph with hand-coloring in watercolor, gouache, and black ink, laid down on tan wove wood-pulp paper
- Dimensions
- Primary support: 21.5 × 28.9 cm (8 1/2 × 11 7/16 in.); Secondary support, sight: 29.5 × 38 cm (11 5/8 × 15 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2018.316
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Massacre of the Innocents — Max Ernst. 1920.
Medium: Black-and-white photograph with hand-coloring in watercolor, gouache, and black ink, laid down on tan wove wood-pulp paper. Dimensions: Primary support: 21.5 × 28.9 cm (8 1/2 × 11 7/16 in.); Secondary support, sight: 29.5 × 38 cm (11 5/8 × 15 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
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.