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Quasi-feu le romantisme
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Quasi-feu le romantisme
signed 'max ernst' (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed 'Qasi [sic] -Feu le ROMANTISME max ernst 1960' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
13 x 9½ in. (33.2 x 24.3 cm.)
Painted in 1960
Quasi-feu le romantisme
signed 'max ernst' (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed 'Qasi [sic] -Feu le ROMANTISME max ernst 1960' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
13 x 9½ in. (33.2 x 24.3 cm.)
Painted in 1960
Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
J. Russell, Max Ernst, Life and Work, New York, 1967, no. 38, p. 39 (illustrated).
G. Gatt, Max Ernst, Godalming, 1970, p. 39 (illustrated).
R. Rosenblum, Modern Painting and the Northern Romantic Tradition: Friedrich to Rothko, London, 1975, p. 168.
E. Quinn, Max Ernst, New York, 1977, no. 400, p. 327 (illustrated). I. Turpin, Ernst, New York, 1979, pp. 46-47 (illustrated).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst und die Romantik, London, Stuttgart, Düseldorf, 1991, p. 348.
Kunsthaus Zurich (ed.), Arnold Böcklin, Giorgio de Chirico, Max Ernst: eine reise ins Ungewisse, 1997, no. 5, p. 410 (illustrated).
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3499, p. 232 (illustrated).
G. Gatt, Max Ernst, Godalming, 1970, p. 39 (illustrated).
R. Rosenblum, Modern Painting and the Northern Romantic Tradition: Friedrich to Rothko, London, 1975, p. 168.
E. Quinn, Max Ernst, New York, 1977, no. 400, p. 327 (illustrated). I. Turpin, Ernst, New York, 1979, pp. 46-47 (illustrated).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst und die Romantik, London, Stuttgart, Düseldorf, 1991, p. 348.
Kunsthaus Zurich (ed.), Arnold Böcklin, Giorgio de Chirico, Max Ernst: eine reise ins Ungewisse, 1997, no. 5, p. 410 (illustrated).
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3499, p. 232 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Lucie Weill, Max Ernst, masques sculptés, June - July 1961.
Venice, Palazzo Grassi, 'Oltre la pittura', Mostra delle opere di Max Ernst, July - October 1966, no. 26 (illustrated).
Munich, Haus Der Kunst, Max Ernst: Retrospektive, February - April 1979, no. 306, p. 335 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Nationalgalerie.
Venice, Palazzo Grassi, 'Oltre la pittura', Mostra delle opere di Max Ernst, July - October 1966, no. 26 (illustrated).
Munich, Haus Der Kunst, Max Ernst: Retrospektive, February - April 1979, no. 306, p. 335 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Nationalgalerie.
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