Lot Essay
The present work is a design for the endpapers of John Russell's monograph on the artist.
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Illustrationsvorlage für das Vorsatzpapier zu John Russell, "Max Ernst," Köln 1966
Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Illustrationsvorlage für das Vorsatzpapier zu John Russell, "Max Ernst," Köln 1966
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
gouache and paper collage and pencil on card
11 3/8 x 21 ¼ in. (29 x 54 cm.)
Executed in 1966
Illustrationsvorlage für das Vorsatzpapier zu John Russell, "Max Ernst," Köln 1966
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
gouache and paper collage and pencil on card
11 3/8 x 21 ¼ in. (29 x 54 cm.)
Executed in 1966
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Galerie Zabriskie, Paris (acquired from the above); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 2008, lot 355.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Galerie Zabriskie, Paris (acquired from the above); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 2008, lot 355.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Russell, Max Ernst, Leben und Werk, Cologne, 1966 (detail illustrated in color on endpapers).
W. Spies, S. and G. Metken and J. Pech, Max Ernst, Werke 1964-1969, Cologne, 2007, p. 137, no. 4115 (illustrated).
W. Spies, S. and G. Metken and J. Pech, Max Ernst, Werke 1964-1969, Cologne, 2007, p. 137, no. 4115 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Zabriskie, Collages surréalistes, March-May 1990, no. 23 (with incorrect cataloguing)
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Morgan Osthimer