Property of a Gentleman
Max Ernst
Ohne Titel (Muschelblumen) (Untitled (Shell Flowers))
Auction Closed
November 14, 11:00 PM GMT
Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Gentleman
Max Ernst
1891 - 1976
Ohne Titel (Muschelblumen) (Untitled (Shell Flowers))
signed max ernst (lower right)
oil and grattage on canvas
21 ⅜ by 25 ⅝ in.
54.1 by 65.1 cm.
Executed in 1928.
Léonce Rosenberg (Galerie de L'Effort Moderne), Paris
Bernard Poissonnier, Paris (acquired by 1952)
Private Collection, Milan (acquired by 1999)
Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above)
Christie's, London, 27 February 2019, lot 127 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Basel, Kunsthalle, Phantastische Kunst des Jahrhunderts, 1952, no. 93, p. 19, illustrated (titled Composition colorée and dated circa 1929)
Werner Spies, Günter Metken and Sigrid Metken, Max Ernst: Werke 1925-1929, vol. III, Cologne 1976, no. 1343, p. 283, illustrated
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