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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Coucher de soleil
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Coucher de soleil
inscribed 'Coucher de Soleil au dessus de Pyramid Lake. Original oil painting by William Turner' (on the artist's mount); inscribed by Man Ray 'Coucher de Soleil au dessus de Pyramid Lake (Max Ernst)' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas mounted on paper
Canvas size: 1 ½ x 2 1/8 in. (3.8 x 5.5 cm.)
Sheet size: 8 1/8 x 6 in. (20.6 x 15.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1953
Coucher de soleil
inscribed 'Coucher de Soleil au dessus de Pyramid Lake. Original oil painting by William Turner' (on the artist's mount); inscribed by Man Ray 'Coucher de Soleil au dessus de Pyramid Lake (Max Ernst)' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas mounted on paper
Canvas size: 1 ½ x 2 1/8 in. (3.8 x 5.5 cm.)
Sheet size: 8 1/8 x 6 in. (20.6 x 15.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1953
Provenance
Man Ray, Paris (gift from the artist).
Juliet Man Ray, Paris (by descent from the above); Estate sale, Sotheby's, London, 23 March 1995, lot 538.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Juliet Man Ray, Paris (by descent from the above); Estate sale, Sotheby's, London, 23 March 1995, lot 538.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Dalí, Picasso and the Surrealist Vision, October-December 2005, no. L.29.
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