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Property of a Gentleman

Max Ernst

Aux antipodes du paysage

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November 14, 11:00 PM GMT

Estimate

500,000 - 700,000 USD

Lot Details

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Property of a Gentleman

Max Ernst

1891 - 1976


Aux antipodes du paysage

signed Max Ernst (lower right); signed Max Ernst, dated and inscribed 1936 product of France Aux antipodes du paysage (on the reverse)

oil and grattage on canvas

9 ½ by 13 in.

24.2 by 33 cm.

Executed in 1936.

Estate of the artist
Doris Copley, Beverly Hills (acquired from the above in 1949)
Dorothea Tanning, Paris (acquired from the above in 1958)
Private Collection, Paris (acquired by descent from the above)
Christie's, London, 27 February 2019, lot 121 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Beverly Hills, The Copley Galleries, Max Ernst: 30 Years of His Work, 1949, no. 29
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Max Ernst, 1959, no. 58
Art Institute of Chicago, Max Ernst, 1961
Cahiers d’Art, Max Ernst, Oeuvres de 1919 à 1936, Paris 1937, p. 8, illustrated (with incorrect dimensions)
John Russell, Max Ernst: Life and Work, London 1967, no. 68, p. 346, illustrated (with incorrect dimensions)
Werner Spies and Sigrid Metken, Max Ernst: Werke 1929-1938, vol. IV, Cologne 1979, no. 2258, p. 365, illustrated
Exh. Cat., London, Tate Gallery, Max Ernst: A Retrospective, 1991, no. 45, p. 303, illustrated (with incorrect dimensions)