Table 1 Overview of all the pigments identified in the different paintings. Lithopone and lead white are reported when they are used in the pictorial layer, not only in the ground
From: Portrait of an artist at work: exploring Max Ernst’s surrealist techniques
The Kiss | Zoomorphic Couple | Garden Airplane Trap | The Entire City | Attirement of the Bride | The Antipope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Execution year | 1927 | 1933 | 1935–36 | 1936–37 | 1940 | 1941–42 |
Prussian blue | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Phthalocyanine blue | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Cerulean blue | ✓ | |||||
Cobalt-based pigment | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Chrome yellow orange | ✓ | |||||
Strontium yellow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Barium chromate | ✓ | |||||
Cadmium yellow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Ochre | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Raw umber | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Chrome-based green | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Vermillion | ✓ | |||||
Iron oxide | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Cadmium red | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Cobalt arsenate | ✓ | |||||
β-naphthol | ✓ | |||||
Titanium dioxide | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Calcium carbonate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Barium sulphate | ✓ | |||||
Lithopone | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Lead white | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Carbon black | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |