Lot 75
  • 75

Max Ernst

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 EUR
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Description

  • Max Ernst
  • "... et tout est inhumain", 1929-1930
  • collage on paper
  • Signed towards lower left
  • 22,7 x 18,6 cm; 8 3/4  x 7 1/8  in.

Provenance

Pierre Lévy, Paris
Julien Lévy, Paris
Tajan, Paris, Hommage à Julien Lévy, Partie 2, June 8, 2006, lot 246
Collection Jacques Grange, Paris

Exhibited

Boston, McMullen Museum of Art (and traveling), Accomodations of Desire: Surrealist Works on Paper collected by Julien Lévy, January 15, 2004-March 24, 2006, no. 58, p.120

Literature

Werner Spies, Sigrid & Günter Metken, Max Ernst Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1929-1938, Cologne, 1979, vol. IV, no. 1653, illustrated p. 46

Condition

All collage elements are stable. The sheet is laid down on card which is hinged to the mount in two places along the upper edge. The edges of the sheet are unevenly cut. There are some areas of paper skinning with associated small paper losses to the left part of the lower edge and towards the centre of the composition. The sheet is slightly undulating notably in the lower part of the composition, inherent to the laying down process. This work is in good overall condition.
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