Lot 132
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's… Read more PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION
Max Ernst (1891-1976)

Marine

Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Marine
signed 'max ernst' (centre right)
oil on paper laid down on canvas
9 5/8 x 13 3/4 in. (24.8 x 34.9 cm.)
Painted in 1928
Provenance
Clara Jezler-Friedrich, Winterthur, by whom acquired from the artist circa 1928, and thence by descent to the present owner.
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. These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.

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Lot Essay

This work will be included in the forthcoming supplementary volume of the complete work of Max Ernst in preparation edited by Prof Dr.Dr.h.c.mult. Werner Spies in collaboration with Dr Juergen Pech.



'If only the sun were to come out tonight' (A. Breton, 'L'Aigrette', in Clair de terre, in S. Whitfield, Magritte, exh. cat., South Bank Centre, London, 1992, cat. 111).

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