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Max Ernst
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- Max Ernst
- WUNDERHORN - SEITE 9 (MAGIC HORN - PAGE 9)
- signed Max Ernst (lower right)
coloured crayon frottage on paper
- 33.6 by 24.6cm., 13 1/4 by 9 5/8 in.
Provenance
Alphonse Chave, Vence
Galerie Arditti, Paris
Galleria Tega, Milan
Private Collection, France
Galerie Arditti, Paris
Galleria Tega, Milan
Private Collection, France
Exhibited
Vence, Galerie Alphonse Chave, Max Ernst, Frottages, lithographies, originaux pour Wunderhorn de Lewis Carroll, 1970
Literature
Werner Spies, Sigrid & Günter Metken & Jürgen Pech, Max Ernst, Œuvre-Katalog: Werke 1964-69, Texas & Cologne, 2007, no. 4530, illustrated p. 344
Condition
Executed on cream wove paper, laid down on card. Apart from some very minor time staining to the visible area of the sheet, this work is in very good condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Lewis Carroll's surreal fairytales inspired many of the Surrealists, and Max Ernst, when asked to list his favourite poets and painters by the American Magazine View, placed him alongside the Comte de Lautréamont as a defining artistic influence on his work. This work is a study for Ernst's homage to Lewis Carroll, Wunderhorn, an ironic investigation of logic filled with Ernst's spectacular colour lithographs that are characteristically bizarre.