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Max Ernst

Le Peintre

Auction Closed

November 15, 10:48 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important Private Collection

Max Ernst

1891 - 1976


Le Peintre

signed max ernst (lower left)

collage on panel 

45½ by 39⅜ in.

116 by 100 cm.

Executed in 1965.

Estate of the artist
Thence by descent to the present owner
Werner Spies, Sigrid and Günter Metken and Jürgen PechMax Ernst Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1964-1969, Cologne, 2007, no. 4041, p. 100, illustrated 
Paris, Galerie Iolas, Darédon évadé du musée de l'homme, 1965, no. 1, illustrated in color
New York, The Jewish Museum, Max Ernst, Sculpture and Recent Painting, 1966, no. 83, illustrated in color
Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Max Ernst: Oltre la pittura, 1966, no. 80, illustrated in color
Munich, Galerie Stangl, Max Ernst, 1967, no. 14, illustrated
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Max Ernst: målningar, collage, frottage, teckningar, grafik, böcker, skulpturer, 1917-1969, 1969, no. 168
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Max Ernst, 1969-70, no. 149
Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Max Ernst: Gemälde, Plastiken, Collagen, Frottagen, Bücher, 1970, no. 166
Calgary, Glenbow Museum, Max Ernst from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Ernst, 1979-1980, no. 18, fig. S. 25
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