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PROPERTY FROM A NOTABLE PRIVATE COLLECTION
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
La comète affolée
Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
La comète affolée
signed and dated 'max ernst 51' (lower right)
pastel on blue paper
12 ¾ x 19 ½ in. (32.4 x 49.6 cm.)
Drawn in 1951
La comète affolée
signed and dated 'max ernst 51' (lower right)
pastel on blue paper
12 ¾ x 19 ½ in. (32.4 x 49.6 cm.)
Drawn in 1951
Provenance
Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander L. Berliner, New York (acquired from the above, 1961).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 June 1994, lot 265.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander L. Berliner, New York (acquired from the above, 1961).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 June 1994, lot 265.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.
Literature
W. Spies and S. and G. Metken, Max Ernst, Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke, 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, p. 298, no. 2884 (incorrectly illustrated, p. 297, no. 2883).
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