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Max Ernst

Le Chant de la grenouille

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November 17, 10:26 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Max Ernst

1891 - 1976

Le Chant de la grenouille


signed max ernst (lower right); signed max ernst and dated 1934 (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

7½ by 9½ in.

19 by 24 cm.

Executed in 1934.

Julian Trevelyan, London
Simon Watson Taylor, London (acquired by descent from the above)
E.L.T. Mesens, London (until 1962)
Dr. Henry M. Roland, London 
Marc Roland, London (acquired by descent from the above)
Sotheby’s London, 29 June 1988, lot 159 (consigned by the above)
Pears Gallery, London
Galerie Jeanne Castel, Paris
Acquired from the above in 1991 by the present owner
London, Roland, Browse & Delbanco, Max Ernst and Etienne Cournault, 1962, no. 14
Manchester, City Art Gallery & Leeds, City Art Gallery, Modern Works From the Collection of Dr. Henry M Roland, 1962, no. 30
Vienna, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Idole und Dämonen, 1963, no. 44, p. 52, illustrated
Bristol, City Art Gallery, Collection Henry Roland, 1969, no. 7
Stockholm, Moderna Museet; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Max Ernst, 1969-1970, no. 52 (Stockholm), no. 49 (Amsterdam) & no. 58 (Stuttgart)
Brighton Art Gallery and Museum, Follies and Fantasies, 1971, no. 22
London, Camden Art Centre & Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council, Works from the Roland Collection, 1976
London, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Norwich, Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts; York, City Art Gallery; Oxford, Ashmolean Museum & Plymouth, City Art Museum, Works from the Roland Collection, 1979, no. 9, p. 35, illustrated
Edinburgh, National Gallery of Modern Art, One Man's Choice, Selected Works by Dr. Henry Roland from His Own Collection & From Other Sources, 1985, no. 22
John Russell, Max Ernst, Leben und Werk, Cologne, 1966, no. 61, p. 52, illustrated (titled Idole)
Werner Spies, Max Ernst Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1929-1938, Cologne, 1979, no. 2205, p. 333, illustrated