Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Batraciens
signed 'm ernst' (lower right, on the mount)
collage, gouache and brush and ink on paper
4 3/8 x 5½ in. (11 x 14 cm.)
Executed in 1921
Batraciens
signed 'm ernst' (lower right, on the mount)
collage, gouache and brush and ink on paper
4 3/8 x 5½ in. (11 x 14 cm.)
Executed in 1921
Provenance
Tristan Tzara, Paris; his sale, Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, 12 June 1968, lot 285.
Galerie Jacques Benador, Geneva, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Galerie Jacques Benador, Geneva, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Literature
W. Spies (ed.), Max Ernst, Werke 1906-1925, Cologne, 1975, no. 453 (illustrated p. 233).
Exhibited
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Max Ernst, November - December 1959, no. 119.
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Max Ernst, December 1962 - March 1963, no. 144; this exhibition later travelled to Zurich, Kunsthaus.
Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Cabinet des Estampes, Max Ernst, Oeuvre gravé, dessins, frottages et collages, May - August 1970, no. 103 (illustrated).
Geneva, Musée Rath, Cabinet des Estampes, Art du 20e siècle, collections genevoises, June - September 1973, no. 89 (illustrated p. 107).
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Max Ernst, Frottagen, Collagen, Zeichnungen, Graphik, Bücher, August - October 1978, no. 39; this exhibition later travelled to Frankfurt am Main, Städtische Galerie and Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus.
Tübingen, Kunsthalle, Max Ernst, die Welt der Collage, September - November 1988, no. 70 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Bern, Kunstmuseum, and Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Max Ernst, December 1962 - March 1963, no. 144; this exhibition later travelled to Zurich, Kunsthaus.
Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Cabinet des Estampes, Max Ernst, Oeuvre gravé, dessins, frottages et collages, May - August 1970, no. 103 (illustrated).
Geneva, Musée Rath, Cabinet des Estampes, Art du 20e siècle, collections genevoises, June - September 1973, no. 89 (illustrated p. 107).
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Max Ernst, Frottagen, Collagen, Zeichnungen, Graphik, Bücher, August - October 1978, no. 39; this exhibition later travelled to Frankfurt am Main, Städtische Galerie and Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus.
Tübingen, Kunsthalle, Max Ernst, die Welt der Collage, September - November 1988, no. 70 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Bern, Kunstmuseum, and Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen.
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