Lot 65
  • 65

Max Ernst

Estimate
210,000 - 250,000 HKD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Max Ernst
  • Oiseau à la tête penchée (Bird with Its Head Bowed) 
  • inscribed with the artist's signature and the reference number 1594 1775, numbered 2/8 and stamped with the French marker's mark for François Hugo, the assay mark 1er titre de la Garantie de Marseille on the reverse
  • 23-carat yellow gold pendant
Conceived in 1973, this work is number 2 from an edition of 8, edited by François Hugo.

Provenance

Private Collection, Europe

Literature

Claire Siaud and Pierre Hugo, Bijoux d'artistes Hommage à François Hugo, Les Cyprès Editeur, 2001, p.113

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is a 1.5 mm mark on the lower right of the pendant. There is evidence of scattered light scratches on the surface.
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