LE JONC À TROIS GLUMES

compressed bluegrass
interrupted bentgrass
decumbent danthonia
lanceolate doradilla
globular lousewort
barnyard sedge, glaucous sedge, arch sedge, polygamous sedge, dark sedge, bladder sedge
the flexuous cane, the cespitose cane
soft coot
intoxicating ryegrass, trembling barley…

…a bouquet of plants given to Max Ernst for his 83rd birthday.

These wonderful names have been taken from European flora, and generally refer to modest-looking grasses. This mixture of great simplicity and surreal suggestions can also be found in the painter’s work.