A Night in May: The Collection of Adele & Enrico Donati
Max Ernst
Delight
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May 20, 08:59 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Night in May: The Collection of Adele & Enrico Donati
Max Ernst
1891 - 1976
Delight
incised max ernst (lower right); signed max ernst, titled and dated 48 (on the reverse)
oil and grattage on canvas
12 by 10 in.
30.5 by 25.4 cm.
Executed in Sedona circa 1948.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York (jointly acquired directly from the artist with Julien Levy)
Acquired from the above on 23 November 1948 by the present owners
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Max Ernst, 1948, no. 15
Exh. Cat., Brühl, Schloss Augustusburg, Max Ernst, Gemälde und Graphik 1920-1950, 1951, p. 32, illustrated (titled Genuß and dated 1927)
Werner Spies, Sigrid Metken and Günter Metken, Max Ernst: Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1939-1953, vol. V, Cologne, 1987, no. 2597, p. 156, illustrated
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