Max Ernst 1891-1976

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Description

Max Ernst
Bishop, Queen and Knight
incised signature on the top of the base, incised number 16/49 and impressed stamp of the founders Guss Barth Elmenhorst on the side of the base
bronze, brown patina (base plus three pieces bolted on)
length 10 1/8 by depth 4 1/2 by height 4 3/4 in.
25.6 by 11.4 by 12 cm.
cast in 1974 from a 1952 plaster

Literature

Max Ernst - The Sculpture, catalogue for an exhibition, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, July 12, - Sept. 6, 1992, and other venues, no. 37, (illus. of another cast; author states the total edition was 109)