The artwork is titled “Illustration to ‘A Week of Kindness'” and was created by Max Ernst in 1934 in Paris, France. It is a Surrealist collage made with paper and is part of the “A Week of Kindness” series. The dimensions of the artwork are 18 by 13 cm. This artwork, an illustration, is located at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart in Stuttgart, Germany.
The artwork depicts a scene set in an elegantly furnished room. Dominating the foreground is a kneeling woman clad in a dark period dress, appearing to engage with two small dragon-like creatures on the floor. To her right stands a man in traditional attire, who seems to be interacting with another figure at a room’s threshold. The background is filled with classic decor, including a framed painting of a man, in a state of distress, with his head in his hands. The brooding, almost eerie tone of the composition encapsulates the whimsical and bizarre attributes that are quintessential to Surrealist art.
