Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale
Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale
Property from an Important Private Collection, New York
Max Ernst
Chat baillant
Lot Closed
November 19, 06:22 PM GMT
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection, New York
Max Ernst
1891 - 1976
Chat baillant
Signed max ernst and dated 47 (lower right); signed max ernst, dated 1947, titled and dedicated a Francisco Raul Villanueva max ernst (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
18 by 24 in. (45.7 by 61 cm)
Framed: 24 1/4 by 30 1/4 in. (61.5 by 76.8 cm)
Painted in 1947.
Carlos Raúl Villanueva, Caracas (acquired from the artist)
Thence by descent
Thence by descent
Gastón Diehl, L'Art moderne français à Caracas, Caracas, 1959, illustrated n.p.
Werner Spies, Max Ernst, Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1939-1953, Houston, 1987, no. 2564, illustrated p. 139
Werner Spies, Max Ernst, Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1939-1953, Houston, 1987, no. 2564, illustrated p. 139