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MAX ERNST (1891-1976)

Lot 212
20.11.2024 11:00UTC -05:00
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ID 1334527
Lot 212 | MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Le tilleul et le châtaignier
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
watercolor, frottage and pencil on paper laid down on card
10 ¼ x 16 7/8 in. (42.8 x 26.1 cm.)
Executed in 1925




Provenance

Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris (probably acquired from the artist).
Galleria Galatea, Turin (by 1964).
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 30 June 1976, lot 68b.
Private collection, Europe (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2020.



Literature

W. Spies, S. and G. Metken, Max Ernst: Werke 1925-1929, Cologne, 1976, p. 46, no. 880 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Turin, Galleria Galatea d'arte contemporanea, Selezione 6: Bacon, Balthus, Carra, De Pisis, Ensor, Ernst, Giacometti, Graves, Nicholson, Savino, Schlemmer, October-November 1964, no. 8 (illustrated; with inverted dimensions).
Artist:Max Ernst (1891 - 1976)
Applied technique:Watercolor on paper
Art style:Surrealism
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
Auction house category:Watercolors and drawings
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