Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming volume of the complete work of Max Ernst currently being prepared by Werner Spies, Sigrid Metken and Jürgen Pech.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTOR
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Configuration
signed and dated 'max ernst 74' (lower right)
oil on panel affixed to the artist's mount
Image size: 13 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (33.4 x 24.5 cm.)
Mount size: 16 1/8 x 13 1/8 in. (41 x 33.4 cm.)
Painted in 1974
Configuration
signed and dated 'max ernst 74' (lower right)
oil on panel affixed to the artist's mount
Image size: 13 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (33.4 x 24.5 cm.)
Mount size: 16 1/8 x 13 1/8 in. (41 x 33.4 cm.)
Painted in 1974
Provenance
Dorothea Tanning, New York (by descent from the artist).
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1993.
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1993.
Exhibited
Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Max Ernst, Configurations, Huiles, Collages, Frottages, 1975.
Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, San Lazzaro et ses amis, Hommage au fondateur de XXe siècle, November 1975-January 1976.
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Max Ernst, Works from the Dorothea Tanning Collection, February-June 1985, no. 6.
Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, San Lazzaro et ses amis, Hommage au fondateur de XXe siècle, November 1975-January 1976.
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Max Ernst, Works from the Dorothea Tanning Collection, February-June 1985, no. 6.
Brought to you by
David Kleiweg de Zwaan