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Property from a Midwest Private Collection

Max Ernst

Bosse-de-nage

Auction Closed

November 14, 11:00 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Midwest Private Collection

Max Ernst

1891 - 1976


Bosse-de-nage

inscribed Max Ernst, dated 99, numbered 2/3, and stamped with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur, Paris

bronze

height: 18⅞ in. 47.9 cm.

Conceived in 1959 and cast in 1999 by the Susse foundry, Paris.


Dr. Jürgen Pech has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Estate of the artist

James Goodman Gallery, New York (acquired from the above)

Acquired from the above in March 2000 by the present owner

Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art and Art Institute of Chicago, Max Ernst, n.n., p. 23, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Paris, Le Point Cardinal, Max Ernst, Oeuvre sculpté 1913-1961, 1961, no. 35, p. 34, illustration of another cast (with incorrect dimensions)

William S. Lieberman, ed., Max Ernst, New York 1961, p. 23

Exh. Cat., Stockholm, Galerie Pierre (and traveling), Max Ernst, Sculptures et masques, 1963-1964, no. 7, p. 11, illustration of another cast (Stockholm and Helsingfors); no. 11, p. 17, illustration of another cast (Antibes) (with incorrect dimensions)

Exh. Cat., London, Hanover Gallery, Max Ernst: Early and Recent Paintings and Sculpture, 1965, no. 50, p. 43, illustration of another cast (with incorrect dimensions)

John Russell, Max Ernst, Leben und Werke, Cologne 1966, no. 137, pp. 325 and 347, illustration of another cast (with incorrect dimensions)

John Russell, Max Ernst, Life and Work, New York 1967, no. 137, pp. 329 and 352, illustration of another cast (with incorrect dimensions)

Giovanni di San Lazzaro, ed., Hommage à Max Ernst, XXe siècle Numéro spécial, Cahiers d'art, 1971, p. 130, illustration of another cast (with incorrect dimensions)

Werner Spies, Max Ernst, 1950-1970: The Return of La Belle Jardinère, New York 1971, p. 129, fig. B, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Saint-Paul, Fondation Maeght, Max Ernst, no. 97, pp. 144 and 158, illustration of another cast (with incorrect dimensions)

Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Max Ernst, Sculptures, maisons, paysages, 1998, p. 186, illustration of another cast

Werner Spies, Sigrid and Günter Metken, eds., Max Ernst Oeuvre-Katalog, Band VI, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne 1998, no. 3779, p. 380, illustration of another cast (with incorrect dimensions)

Jürgen Pech, Max Ernst, Plastische Werke, Cologne 2005, pp. 142-143, illustration in color of another cast