Lot Essay
This work is part of a series of collages that Max Ernst executed to illustrate Joë Bousquet's book on the artist, Max Ernst, Partition (Paris, 1950, p. 53).
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Illustrationsvorlage zu "Partition", S. 53
Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Illustrationsvorlage zu "Partition", S. 53
signed and dated 'max ernst 49' (lower right)
paper collage and pen and India ink on card
10¾ x 8½ in. (27.2 x 21.6 cm.)
Executed in 1949
Illustrationsvorlage zu "Partition", S. 53
signed and dated 'max ernst 49' (lower right)
paper collage and pen and India ink on card
10¾ x 8½ in. (27.2 x 21.6 cm.)
Executed in 1949
Provenance
Galleria La Medusa, Rome (no. 1235).
Private collection, Switzerland, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Private collection, Switzerland, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, no. 2763 (illustrated p. 240).
Special Notice
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