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MAX ERNST (1891-1976)

Lot 12
19.11.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
$ 500 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1336217
Lot 12 | MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Estimate value
$ 500 000 – 700 000
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Sans titre (L'oiseau qui s'assoit et ne chante pas)
signed twice 'max ernst' (lower right)
oil, sand and grattage on canvas
26 5/8 x 21 ¼ in. (68.3 x 54 cm.)
Painted in 1926




Provenance

Paul Bianchini, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 17 June 1968.



Literature

W. Spies, S. and G. Metken, Max Ernst: Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1925-1929, Cologne, 1976, p. 129, no. 1041 (illustrated).
S.M.L. Aronson, "Classical Cool: Mica and Ahmet Ertegun's town house reflects a discerning couple's original taste" in House & Garden, March 1987, p. 218.



Exhibited

New York, Byron Gallery, Max Ernst, October-December 1970, no. 5 (illustrated in color).
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Surrealism in Art, February-March 1975, pp. 26 and 61, no. 51 (illustrated, p. 26; titled Bird).
Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, Surrealism, February-March 1983, no. 14 (illustrated in color).
Artist:Max Ernst (1891 - 1976)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Modern art, Surrealism
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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