Modern Day Auction
Modern Day Auction
Max Ernst
Retour de flamme
Auction Closed
May 18, 09:51 PM GMT
Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection
Max Ernst
1891 - 1976
Retour de flamme
signed Max Ernst and dated 50 (lower right); signed Max Ernst, dated 50 and titled (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
45¾ by 35¼ in.
116 by 89.5 cm.
Executed in 1950.
Estate of the artist
Thence by descent to the present owner
Thence by descent to the present owner
Uwe M. Schneede, The Essential Max Ernst, London, 1972, no. 370, p. 213, illustrated
Werner Spies, Sigrid and Günter Metken, Max Ernst, Max Ernst Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, no. 2850, p. 280, illustrated
Werner Spies, Sigrid and Günter Metken, Max Ernst, Max Ernst Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, no. 2850, p. 280, illustrated