Explore the Literature of this artwork, Monkey Before Skeleton.
Solly Zuckerman: The Ape in Myth & Art. Verdigris Press, London 1998, ISBN 978-1-902335-00-1 .
Louise Lippincott, Andreas Blühm (eds.): Fierce friends. Artists and animals, 1750–1900. Exhibition catalog Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam / Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh 2005–2006. Merrell Publishers, London a. a. 2005, ISBN 978-1-85894-300-8 .
Louise Lippincott, Andreas Blühm (Ed.): Tierschau. How our picture of the animal came about. Exhibition catalog Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-930054-55-8 .
Franziska Uhlig: Counter-magic. Gabriel von Max's interest in monkeys. In: Karin Althaus and Helmut Friedel (eds.): Gabriel von Max. Malerstar, Darwinist. Exhibition catalog in the Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich 2010–2011. Hirmer Verlag, Munich 2010, pp. 316–329, ISBN 978-3-7774-3031-7 .
Filip Aleš, Roman Musil: A true homunculus in the animal world. Gabriel von Max 'Affenbilder, in: Umění, 4 (2010), pp. 294–311.
Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker (Ed.): Gabriel von Max. Exhibition catalog Frye Art Museum Seattle 2011. Frye Art Museum: In association with University of Washington Press, Seattle (Washington) 2011, ISBN 978-0-295-99146-7 .
Francesca Kaes: The monkey in the picture. Monkey painting between observation and imagination in the work of Gabriel von Max. Unv. Bachelor thesis, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 2011.
Francesca Kaes: The Soul of the Monkey. Unv. Lecture, Geneva 2011.
Angela Schürzinger: Gabriel von Max 'monkey pictures. On the influence of the theory of evolution conveyed by Charles Darwin and Ernst Haeckel. Master's thesis, LMU Munich: History and Art Studies, 39, 2012.
Vernon Reynolds: Hugo's Philosophical Ape. IPPL [International Primate Protection League] News. 35 (2), Sept. 2008: 16–18, (as of February 23, 2012).
Thomas Bach: Object of the Month November 2010. From the Ernst-Haeckel-Haus Jena (EHH). (As of February 23, 2012).
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