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Le Gulf Stream
Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Le Gulf Stream
signed 'max ernst' (lower right); signed and inscribed 'Max Ernst "Le gulf-Stream"' (on the reverse)
oil with grattage and sgraffito on panel
12 7/8 x 16 1/4 in. (32.8 x 41.2 cm.)
Painted in 1954
Le Gulf Stream
signed 'max ernst' (lower right); signed and inscribed 'Max Ernst "Le gulf-Stream"' (on the reverse)
oil with grattage and sgraffito on panel
12 7/8 x 16 1/4 in. (32.8 x 41.2 cm.)
Painted in 1954
Provenance
Carlo Cardazzo [Galleria d'Arte del Naviglio], Venice & Milan, by 1961.
Anonymous sale, Finarte, Milan, 11 June 1985, lot 208.
Anonymous sale, Finarte, Milan, 14 December 1988, lot 220.
Private collection, Milan.
Acquired by the present owner by 1999.
Anonymous sale, Finarte, Milan, 11 June 1985, lot 208.
Anonymous sale, Finarte, Milan, 14 December 1988, lot 220.
Private collection, Milan.
Acquired by the present owner by 1999.
Literature
W. Spies, Max Ernst Oeuvre-Katalog Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3054, p. 7 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Torino, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, La pittura moderna straniera nelle collezioni private italiane, March - April 1961, no. 70, (illustrated; dated '1927').
Torino, Galleria Biasutti, Max Ernst, March - May 1996, p. 26 (illustrated p. 27).
Milan, Galleria del Credito Valtellinese 'Refettorio delle Stelline', Max Ernst , da collezioni francesi e italiane, November 1996 - February 1997, no. 19, p. 76 (illustrated; dated '1927').
Arezzo, Museo Civico d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Arezzo, Da Picasso a Botero, Capolavori dell'arte del Novecento, March - June 2004, p. 149.
Brühl, Max Ernst Museum, March - September 2006.
Torino, Galleria Biasutti, Max Ernst, March - May 1996, p. 26 (illustrated p. 27).
Milan, Galleria del Credito Valtellinese 'Refettorio delle Stelline', Max Ernst , da collezioni francesi e italiane, November 1996 - February 1997, no. 19, p. 76 (illustrated; dated '1927').
Arezzo, Museo Civico d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Arezzo, Da Picasso a Botero, Capolavori dell'arte del Novecento, March - June 2004, p. 149.
Brühl, Max Ernst Museum, March - September 2006.
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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