Visiting this large (172 works) retrospective for Max Ernst (1891–1976) at the Metropolitan was in a way a sign of the times. Here was revealed, in all its witty and eccentric glory, the art of the most influential German Dadaist, born in Br
		
	
	Tom Rosenthal
	
							
	
	
Serious wit
	
	
issue 28 May 2005
	
	
	
		
	
				
				
			
		
				
				
				
				
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