Une semaine de bonté (“A Week of Kindness”) is a graphic novel and artist’s book by Max Ernst, first published in 1934. It comprises 182 images created bycutting up and re-organizing illustrations from Victorian encyclopedias and novels.(…) Une semaine de bonté comprises 182 images created by cutting up and re-organizing illustrations from Victorian novels, encyclopedias, and other books. Ernst arranged the images to present a dark, surreal world. Most of the seven sections have a distinct theme that unites the images within. In Sunday the element is mud, and Ernst’s example for this element is the Lion of Belfort; consequently, this section features numerous characters with lion heads