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Max Ernst

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Auction Closed

May 18, 09:51 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important Private Collection

Max Ernst

1891 - 1976

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signed Max Ernst and dated 50 (lower right); signed Max Ernst, dated 50 and titled (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

45¾ by 35¼ in.

116 by 89.5 cm.

Executed in 1950. 

Estate of the artist
Thence by descent to the present owner
Uwe M. Schneede, The Essential Max Ernst, London, 1972, no. 370, p. 213, illustrated
Werner Spies, Sigrid and Günter Metken, Max Ernst, Max Ernst Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, no. 2850, p. 280, illustrated 
Paris, Galerie René Drouin, Max Ernst, 1950, no. 61
New York, Hugo Gallery, Max Ernst, 1950, no. 13
Brühl, Schloss Augustusburg, Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, Max Ernst. Gemälde und Graphik 1920-1950, 1951-52, no. 107
Munich, Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, Max Ernst, Jubiläums-Ausstellung, 1951, no. 63
Mannheim, Kunsthalle und Kunstverein (im Schloß), Max Ernst, 1952, no. 49
Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Max Ernst, 1952, no. 7
Darmstadt, Mathildenhöhe, Max Ernst, Surrealistische Kunst - Gemälde und Graphik 1920-1950, 1952, no. 7
Hamburg, Kunsthalle, 1952, no. 25
Leverkusen, 1952, no. 46
Knokke-Le Zoute, Casino Communal, Max Ernst, 1953, no. 78
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Max Ernst, 1955, no. 8
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Max Ernst, 1959, no. 72
New York, Museum of Modern Art and Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Max Ernst, 1961, no. 110, p. 45, illustrated 
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum and Zurich, Kunsthaus, Max Ernst, 1962-63, no. 85
Stockholm, Modern Museet, Max Ernst, målningar, collage, frottage, teckningar, grafik, böcker, skulpturer 1917-1969, 1969, no. 75
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Max Ernst, 1969-70, no. 71
Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Gemälde, Plastiken, Collagen, Frottagen, Bücher, 1970, no. 88
Calgary, Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Max Ernst from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Ernst, 1979, no. 13
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