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Details
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Desert Sun
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
oil on masonite
7 3⁄8 x 33 3⁄4 in. (18.7 x 85.8 cm.)
Painted in 1948
Desert Sun
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
oil on masonite
7 3⁄8 x 33 3⁄4 in. (18.7 x 85.8 cm.)
Painted in 1948
Provenance
World House Galleries Corp., New York.
Lee A. Ault, New York, by 1987.
Isabel Ault, New York, by descent from the above, and thence by descent; sale, Christie’s, New York, 16 May 1990, lot 458.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Lee A. Ault, New York, by 1987.
Isabel Ault, New York, by descent from the above, and thence by descent; sale, Christie’s, New York, 16 May 1990, lot 458.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst Œuvre-Katalog, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, no. 2601, p. 158 (illustrated).
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.
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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