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Un triste Sire
Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Un triste Sire
signed, dated and inscribed 'un triste Sire max ernst 1967' (on the reverse)
wooden found-object collage on board
21 ¼ x 16 ¾ in. (54 x 42.7 cm.)
Executed in 1967
Un triste Sire
signed, dated and inscribed 'un triste Sire max ernst 1967' (on the reverse)
wooden found-object collage on board
21 ¼ x 16 ¾ in. (54 x 42.7 cm.)
Executed in 1967
Provenance
Alexandre Iolas, Paris.
Baron & Baronne Urvater, Brussels; sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 April 1989, lot 180.
Private collection, by 2007.
Blain Di Donna, New York.
Acquired from the above on 4 November 2013.
Baron & Baronne Urvater, Brussels; sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 April 1989, lot 180.
Private collection, by 2007.
Blain Di Donna, New York.
Acquired from the above on 4 November 2013.
Literature
H. Wescher, Die Collage, Gaschichte eines künstlerischen Ausdrucksmittels, Cologne, 1968, no. 168, p. 405 (titled: 'Ein trauriger Herr - Un triste Sire').
R. Lebel, 'Max Ernst parle avec Robert Lebel', in L'Œil, 1969, p. 33, reproduced in J. Duwa, ed., Robert Lebel, Le Surréalisme comme essuie-glace, 1943-1984, vol. I, Geneva, 2016.
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken & J. Pech, Max Ernst, Werke 1964-1969, Cologne, 2007, no. 4305, p. 233 (illustrated).
R. Lebel, 'Max Ernst parle avec Robert Lebel', in L'Œil, 1969, p. 33, reproduced in J. Duwa, ed., Robert Lebel, Le Surréalisme comme essuie-glace, 1943-1984, vol. I, Geneva, 2016.
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken & J. Pech, Max Ernst, Werke 1964-1969, Cologne, 2007, no. 4305, p. 233 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Max Ernst: Le néant et son double, January - February 1968, n.p. (illustrated n.p.; with inverted dimensions).
New York, Blain Di Donna, Dada & Surrealist Objects, October - December 2013, pp. 130 & 147 (illustrated p. 131).
New York, Blain Di Donna, Dada & Surrealist Objects, October - December 2013, pp. 130 & 147 (illustrated p. 131).
Special Notice
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