Lot Essay
This work is part of a series of collages that Ernst executed to illustrate Joë Bousquet's monograph Max Ernst: Partition, Paris, 1950.
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THE SURREALIST WORLD OF ROSALIND GERSTEN JACOBS AND MELVIN JACOBS
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Illustrationsvorlage zu 'Partition', S.77
Details
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Illustrationsvorlage zu 'Partition', S.77
signed and dated 'max ernst 49' (lower right)
pen and India ink and paper collage on paper
10 3⁄4 x 8 5⁄8 in. (27 x 21.8 cm.)
Executed in 1949
Illustrationsvorlage zu 'Partition', S.77
signed and dated 'max ernst 49' (lower right)
pen and India ink and paper collage on paper
10 3⁄4 x 8 5⁄8 in. (27 x 21.8 cm.)
Executed in 1949
Provenance
(probably) Acquired from the artist through William and Noma Copley by the late owners, circa 1960.
Literature
W. Spies and S. and G. Metken, Max Ernst: Oeuvre-Katalogue, Werke, 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, p. 243, no. 2769 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sweet Dreams and Nightmares: Dada and Surrealism from the Rosalind and Melvin Jacobs Collection, March-May 2000.
New York, Pace/MacGill Gallery, The Long Arm of Coincidence: Selections from the Rosalind and Melvin Jacobs Collection, April-May 2009.
New York, Pace/MacGill Gallery, The Long Arm of Coincidence: Selections from the Rosalind and Melvin Jacobs Collection, April-May 2009.