Frottage (surrealist technique)
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In art, frottage (from French frotter "to rub") is a surrealist and "automatic" method of creative production developed by Max Ernst.
The artist takes a pencil or other drawing tool and makes a "rubbing" over a textured surface. The drawing can be left as is or used as the basis for further refinement. While superficially similar to brass rubbing, frottage differs in being in nature.
See also
- Frottage for other uses of this term
- Surrealist techniques
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