Photo booth/photomaton shots of Marie-Berthe Aurenche, Max Ernst’s second wife, c.1929. She would later become the mistress of artist Chaim Soutine, and she was buried with him after her suicide in 1960. Not much else is known about her life, which makes these images all the more haunting. Also. Her grave. In brief.
this is part of what i hate about surrealist history. every woman is simply known as a famous man’s wife. look at her. look at this photobooth strip. she is much much more than simply max ernst’s wife or chaim soutine’s mistress. fuck.
(Source: inneroptics, via janeanger)
