MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
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ID 1492538 
Los 7  | MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Schätzwert
14000000USD $ 14 000 000 – 18 000 000 
Le roi jouant avec la reine
signed 'Max Ernst' (on the front of the base); stamped with foundry mark '.MODERN. ART. FDRY. N.Y.' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 37 ¾ in. (96 cm.)
Conceived in 1944; this bronze version cast in 1961
Provenance
Hans Mayer, Esslingen and Dusseldorf (acquired from the artist through Galerie Denise René, Paris).
Edward Klejman, Paris (acquired from the above, 1979).
Gregoire Galleries, Inc. (Jean M. Zimmermann), New York (acquired from the above, 9 May 1979).
Acquired from the above by the late owners, 14 May 1979.
Literature
M. Ernst, Beyond Painting: And Other Writings about the Artist and His Friends, New York, 1948, p. 78 (plaster version illustrated, p. 79).
C. Giedion-Welcker, Contemporary Sculpture: An Evolution in Volume and Space, New York, 1955, p. 244 (another cast illustrated).
P. Waldberg, Max Ernst, Paris, 1958, p. 409 (another cast illustrated in situ in the artist's garden, Huismes).
F. Hazan, Dictionnaire de la sculpture moderne, Paris, 1960, p. 88 (another cast illustrated).
J. Russell, Max Ernst: Life and Work, New York, 1967, pp. 204 and 208-209 (another cast illustrated, p. 209, pl. 147).
W. Spies, S. and G. Metken, Max Ernst: Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, p. 86, no. 2465,I (another cast illustrated).
W. Spies, Max Ernst: Sculptures, maisons, paysages, exh. cat., Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1998, p. 312, no. 65 (plaster version illustrated, p. 135; another cast illustrated, p. 312).
J. Pech, Max Ernst: Plastiche Werke, Cologne, 2005, pp. 83-86 (other casts illustrated in color, pp. 84 and 87; other casts illustrated, pp. 11, 82-83 and 85).
Further Details
This work will be included in the forthcoming volume of the Max Ernst catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared by Werner Spies in collaboration with Sigrid Metken and Jürgen Pech.
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