Impressionist & Modern Art
Impressionist & Modern Art
Property from an Important Private American Collection
MAX ERNST | PETITE TORTUE SUR SOCLE ROND
Lot Closed
October 5, 05:30 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
MAX ERNST
1891 - 1976
PETITE TORTUE SUR SOCLE ROND
Inscribed Max Ernst numbered 64/150
Marble
Height (including base): 12½ in. (31.7 cm)
Conceived in 1967 and executed in a numbered edition of 150 plus 18 artist's proofs.
Dr. Jürgen Pech has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Jacques Putman, Paris
Private Collection, Florida (and sold: Sotheby's, New York, February 19, 1997, lot 94)
Acquired at the above sale
Werner Spies, Sigrid & Günter Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1964-1969, Houston & Cologne, 2007, no. 4589, illustration of another cast p. 374