Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming volume of the Max Ernst catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared by Werner Spies in collaboration with Sigrid Metken and Jürgen Pech.
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THE ARROGANT EYE: WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE LARRY SAPHIRE
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
La Mer
Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
La Mer
signed 'max ernst' (lower right) and titled 'la mer' (lower left)
pencil and frottage on paper
10 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. (27 x 21.5 cm.)
Executed in 1925
La Mer
signed 'max ernst' (lower right) and titled 'la mer' (lower left)
pencil and frottage on paper
10 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. (27 x 21.5 cm.)
Executed in 1925
Provenance
René Crevel, Paris.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 7 December 1983, lot 557.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 12 February 2004, lot 48.
(probably) Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 7 December 1983, lot 557.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 12 February 2004, lot 48.
(probably) Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
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