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Marcel Janco, born Hermann Iancu, was an integral part of the generation of brilliant arists who founded the so-called Dada movement. In particular, he collaborated with Arp and Tzara at the launch of Cabaret Voltaire, the Zurich tavern in which provocative objects and extravagant paintings were exposed in 1916, so as to upset the traditional art scene once and for all and create the most innovation among the avant-gardes. He then continued his adventure as a refined intellectual, entering the great bedrock of European Surrealism. Then, the persecutions against the Jews forced him to flee from Europe, now become a terrible stepmother, and take refuge in Israel, where he lived for the rest of his life. His subsequent work, as well as the work we admire here, should be seen in the vast category of ​​international Surrealism. In particular, this piece brings him closer to the art of Max Ernst. In fact, both of them have a similar ability to produce a dreamlike world in which fantasy has absolute domain, and without which free will would govern the paintbrush. On the contrary, this universe conveys very deep notions inherent in the human being, powerful archetypes that still dwell in our minds, and above all, freedom of invention that is often impeded in the modern citizen.