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Portrait de Walter Gropius
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Portrait de Walter Gropius
signed, titled and inscribed 'Portrait de W. Gropius par Max Ernst' (on the reverse)
red and black ink on roof tile from Chateau La Sarraz
14 1/8 x 6 5/8 x 1 1/8 in. (35.8 x 17 x 3 cm.)
Executed in August 1935
Portrait de Walter Gropius
signed, titled and inscribed 'Portrait de W. Gropius par Max Ernst' (on the reverse)
red and black ink on roof tile from Chateau La Sarraz
14 1/8 x 6 5/8 x 1 1/8 in. (35.8 x 17 x 3 cm.)
Executed in August 1935
Provenance
Private collection, Zurich, a gift from the artist, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Oeuvre-Katalog: Werke 1929-1938, Cologne, 1979, no. 2144, p. 297 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Max Ernst, March - April 1963.
Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, Max Ernst, Die Retrospektive, March - May 1999, no. 121 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Munich, Haus der Kunst, June - September 1999.
Basel, Museum Tinguely, Max Ernst. Im Garten der Nymphe Ancolie, September 2007 - January 2008.
Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, Max Ernst, Die Retrospektive, March - May 1999, no. 121 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Munich, Haus der Kunst, June - September 1999.
Basel, Museum Tinguely, Max Ernst. Im Garten der Nymphe Ancolie, September 2007 - January 2008.
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