
Property from a Midwest Private Collection
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
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