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MAX ERNST (1891-1976)

Lot 111
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ID 1380172
Lot 111 | MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Estimate value
£ 700 000 – 1 000 000
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Coloradeau de Méduse
signed and dated ‘max ernst 53’ (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed ‘COLORADEAU DE MÉDUSE max ernst 53 PARIS’ (on the reverse)
oil and décalcomanie on canvas
28 ¾ x 36 1/8 in. (73 x 91.7 cm.)
Painted in 1953




Provenance

Maurice Lefebvre-Foinet, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Private collection, France, and thence by descent to the present owner.



Literature

E. Trier, ‘Max Ernst, ein rheinischer Künstler’ in Die Kunst und das Schöne Heim, vol. 9, Munich, June 1955, p. 321 (illustrated).
Art International, vol. 4, Lugano, 1962, p. 38.
E. Petrová, Max Ernst, Prague, 1965, no. 57.
J. Russell, Max Ernst: Life and Work, New York, 1967, pl. 32, pp. 142 & 343 (illustrated p. 143).
E. Hüttinger, ‘Der Schiffbruch, Deutungen eines Bildmotivs in 19. Jahrhundert’ in Studien zur Kunst des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, vol. 6, Munich, 1970, no. 41, p. 240 (illustrated).
U.M. Schneede, Max Ernst, New York & London, 1972, no. 375, pp. 192 & 213 (illustrated p. 192).
E. Quinn, Max Ernst, London, 1977, no. 345, p. 279 (illustrated).
I. Turpin, Ernst, London, 1979, no. 45, p. 120 (illustrated p. 121).
W. Spies, S. Metken & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke, 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, no. 3009, p. 355 (illustrated).
U. Bischoff, Max Ernst, 1891-1976: Beyond Painting, Cologne, 1988, p. 86 (illustrated).
R. Jucker, '"Dem Chaos anarchisch" begegnen: zur Rekonstruktion der Utopiekonzeption' in Stefan
Schütz' Roman Medusa anhand der Figuren Gorga Sappho und Naphtan, vol. 1279, Bern, 1991, p. 104.
L. Derenthal & J. Pech, Max Ernst, Paris, 1992, no. 408, p. 250 (illustrated).
E. Trier, M. Pech & M. Ernst, Schriften zu Max Ernst, Cologne, 1993, pp. 143 & 144.
U. Lindau, "Progressive Universalpoesie": Max Ernst und die deutsche Romantik Studien zur Methodik, Bonn, 1995.
S. Eckmann, H.W. Janson and the Legacy of Modern Art at Washington University in St. Louis, exh. cat., St. Louis, 2002, p. 49.
W. Spies & S. Rewald, eds., Max Ernst: A Retrospective, exh. cat., New York, 2005, p. 40.
S. Kavky, ‘Max Ernst in Arizona: Myth, mimesis, and the hysterical landscape’ in Anthropology and Aesthetics, vol. 57/58, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Spring/Autumn 2010, p. 226 (illustrated fig. 13).



Exhibited

Cologne, Galerie Der Spiegel, Max Ernst, Bilder 1953, 1953, no. 2 (illustrated; titled 'Floß der Méduse').
Knokke-Le-Zoute, Casino Communal, Max Ernst, July - August 1953, no. 82, p. 30 (illustrated).
Berlin, Galerie Springer, Max Ernst, February - April 1954, no. 2.
Paris, Musée Muncipal d’Art Moderne, XIe Salon de mai, May 1955, no. 62, p. 15 (titled 'Colorado de Méduse').
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Max Ernst, November - December 1959, no. 76.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Max Ernst, March - May 1961, no. 116, p. 54; this exhibition later travelled to Chicago, The Art Institute, June - July 1961.
London, Tate Gallery, Max Ernst, September - October 1961, no. 163.
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Max Ernst, December 1962 - March 1963, no. 90, pp. 45 & 46 (illustrated pl. 55); this exhibition later travelled to Zurich, Kunsthaus, March - April 1963.
Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Dix ans d’art vivant, 1945-1955, April - May 1966, no. 38 (illustrated).
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Max Ernst: Målningar, collage, frottage, teckningar, grafik, böcker, skulpturer 1917-1969, September - November 1969, no. 76, p. 76.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Max Ernst, November 1969 - January 1970, no. 72, p. 23 (illustrated p. 55).
Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Max Ernst: Gemälde, Plastiken, Collagen, Frottagen, Bücher, January - March 1970, no. 90, p. 149 (illustrated p. 138).
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Max Ernst: a retrospective, February - April 1975, no. 242, p. 220 (illustrated).
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand-Palais, Max Ernst, May - August 1975, no. 278, p. 134 (illustrated).
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Max Ernst: Retrospektive 1979, February - April 1979, no. 297, p. 331 (illustrated; illustrated again pl. 28, p. 110); this exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Nationalgalerie, May - July 1979, no. 28, (illustrated p. 110).
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris - Paris: Créations en France, 1937-1957, May - November 1981, no. 222, p. 510.
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