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Property from an Important Private Collection, New York

Max Ernst

Chat baillant

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November 19, 06:22 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 USD

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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
New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Max Ernst, 1947, no. 5
Paris, Galerie René Drouin, Max Ernst, 1950, no. 28
Bruhl, Germany, Schloss Augustusburg & Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, Max Ernst, Gemäld und Graphik 1920-1950, 1951, no. 74
Dusseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Max Ernst, 1951, no. 28
Mannheim, Germany, Mannheim Kunsthalle und Kunstverein, 1952, no. 31
Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Max Ernst, 1952, no. 27
Darmstadt, Germany, Mathildenhöhe, Max Ernst, Surrealistische Kunst—Gemäld und Graphik 1920-1950, 1952, no. 27
Hamburg, Amerikahaus & Leverkusen, Germany, Leverkusen Städtisches Museum, Max Ernst, Gemäld und Graphik 1920-1950, 1952, no. 15
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Las Collectiones Privades en Venezuela, 1979,  no. 7
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