Lot 29
  • 29

Max Ernst

Estimate
65,000 - 85,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Max Ernst
  • Réveille du jour (L'Eclipse)
  • signé max ernst (en haut à droite)
  • huile et gouache sur papier
  • 21 x 16,5 cm ; 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.

Provenance

Galerie Lucie Weill, Paris
Timothy Baum, New York
Kovler Gallery, Chicago
Vente : Sotheby's Parke Bernet, 23 octobre 1974, lot 165
Vente : Christie's East, New York, 11 mai 1989, lot 172
Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel

Exhibited

Chicago, Kovler Gallery, Two Surrealist Wise Men as Seen at Christmastime, 1968

Literature

Werner Spies, Max Ernst Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3617, reproduit p. 295

Condition

Executed on wove paper, laid down on paper. This work is in good condition. Please note that the colours are not very accurate in the print catalogue illustration, as blue are deeper.
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Catalogue Note

signed 'max ernst' (upper right); oil and wax crayon on paper. Executed in 1962.