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grattage

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grattage /grat·tage/ (grah-tahzh´) [Fr.] removal of granulations by scraping.
grat·tage (gr-täzh, gr-)
n.
Scraping or brushing an ulcer or surface that has granulations to stimulate the healing process.
grattage
[Fr.] removal of granulations by scraping.


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Ernst's technical inventions in the 175 works on view include the "overpainting" of the Dada pictures that are commonly called collages, as well as the semiautomatist frottage, grattage, decalcomania, and "oscillation" processes of his Surrealist works.
Max Ernst: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by Doherty, Brigid / Artforum International
Accurate or not--you guess the implications--the story is a tribute to a towering figure whose path through Dada and Surrealism abounds with technical innovation, from collage and frottage to grattage and decalcomania.
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