Surrealist and automatistic method of creative production developed by [Max Ernst]
? (from the French for "rubbing") in which one takes, eg. a pencil, and makes a "rubbing" over a textured surface. The drawing can be either left as-is or used as the basis for further refinement. While superficially similar to brass-rubbing, frottage differs in being automatistic and aleatory
? in nature.
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