Despite the absence of Gala, Max ERNST continues to paint canvases.

Max ERNST (1891.1976)

Autograph letter signed to Gala Éluard.

A ¼ large in-4° page. In German and French.

Megève. Undated [1927]

“I think of you all the time and am with you. I took your room for myself and play with your absence as if you were present. »  

Despite Gala's absence, Ernst continued to paint and took refuge in his work.

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“Dear little Gala, Have you seriously considered coming to spend 8 or 14 days here with Paul? Why didn't you write to me? What were you doing, all alone and little, at the station in the middle of the freezing night? I think of you constantly and am with you. I took your room for myself and play with your absence as if you were present. This happened to me twice in my dreams. Sometimes I work, I have done 4 – 5 more small paintings since you left , always the same fantastic figures. *

I am (through Duhamel's account) aware of what happened in this surrealist session on the evening of your arrival. We might regret if all this would not be so grotesquely childish. I received the response from the PC asking me to send a membership form. The weather was nice, and today it's snowing, snowing. I'm giving Baron, who is leaving today, the geneserin that you forgot. Little girl, tell Paul I like him. And that I am yours. M »

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* Original version of the first paragraph in German: Liebe kleine Gala, Hast du ernstlich daran gedacht nach hier zu kommen, und 8 oder 14 Tage mit Paul hier zu bleiben? Warum schriebst du mir nicht. Was hast du, ganz allein u. klein, am Bahnhof getan, mitten in der kalten Nacht? Ich denk immer an dich und bin bei dir. Ich habe mir dein Zimer genommmen u. game with dinner Abwesenheit, als wärst of yesterday. Dies ist mir zweimal im Traum passiert. However, you can choose between 4 and 5 small pictures of your favorite food, with small diesel figures.