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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Janus
signed, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'max ernst 00/18 A.VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the top of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 17¼ in. (44 cm.)
Conceived in May 1974 and cast in a numbered edition of 19 numbered 0/18 to 18/18 plus two
Janus
signed, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'max ernst 00/18 A.VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the top of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 17¼ in. (44 cm.)
Conceived in May 1974 and cast in a numbered edition of 19 numbered 0/18 to 18/18 plus two
Provenance
Galerie Collection d’Art, Amsterdam.
Private collection, Amsterdam, by whom acquired from the above in 1980, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Private collection, Amsterdam, by whom acquired from the above in 1980, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
E. Quinn, Max Ernst, Boston, 1977 (another cast illustrated pp. 18-23).
S. Kaufmann, Im Spannungsfeld von Fläche und Raum, Studien zur Wechselwirkung von Malerei und Skulptur im Werk von Max Ernst, Weimar, 2003, no. 104, p. 293 (another cast illustrated).
J. Pech, Max Ernst - Plastische Werke, Cologne, 2005, pp. 208-211 (another cast illustrated pp. 208, 210-211).
S. Kaufmann, Im Spannungsfeld von Fläche und Raum, Studien zur Wechselwirkung von Malerei und Skulptur im Werk von Max Ernst, Weimar, 2003, no. 104, p. 293 (another cast illustrated).
J. Pech, Max Ernst - Plastische Werke, Cologne, 2005, pp. 208-211 (another cast illustrated pp. 208, 210-211).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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