Property from a Private European Collection
Max Ernst
Comète
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April 16, 02:00 PM GMT
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private European Collection
Max Ernst
1891 - 1976
Comète
signed max ernst and dated 51 (lower right); signed max ernst, titled comète and dated 1951 (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
61,2 x 101,1 cm; 24⅛ x 39¾ in.
Executed in 1951.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Dr. Jürgen Pech, Bonn. This work will be included in the supplementary volume of the complete work of Max Ernst in preparation edited by Werner Spies, Sigrid Metken and Jürgen Pech.
Max Ernst, United States
Dorothea Tanning, United States (by descent from the above)
Private collection, United States (by descent from the above)
Bonham's, London, 25 March 2021, lot 17 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Werner Spies, Sigrid and Günter Metken, Max Ernst, Œuvre Katalog, Werke 1939-1953, vol. V, Cologne, 1987, no. 2884, p. 298, illustrated (incorrectly catalogued)