Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale
Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale
Max Ernst
Oiseau en cage
Lot Closed
June 30, 11:56 AM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Max Ernst
1891 - 1976
Oiseau en cage
signed max ernst (lower right)
oil on sandpaper laid down on board in the artist's original cork frame
21.9 by 18.6cm., 8 5/8 by 7 1/4 in.
Framed: 33 by 29.6cm., 13 by 11 5/8 in.
Executed circa 1925.
Dr. Jürgen Pech has confirmed the authenticity of this work, which will be included in the supplementary volume of the Complete Works of Max Ernst now in preparation, edited by Prof. Dr Werner Spies in collaboration with Dr Jürgen Pech and Sigrid Metken.
Walter Schwarzenberg, Brussels (sold: Galerie Georges Giroux, Brussels, 1st February, 1932, lot 283)
Mr. & Mrs Jacques Bolle-Haesaerts, Brussels (acquired circa 1963)
Pontello, Italy
Private Collection, Paris (acquired in 1997)
Galerie Interart, Geneva
Acquired from the above by the previous owner in 2004