ID 1380173
Lot 120 | MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
Fleurs
signed ‘max ernst’ (lower right)
oil and grattage on canvas
7 ½ x 9 ½ in. (19 x 24 cm.)
Painted in 1928
Provenance
Gilbert G. Halbers, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Hotel Drouôt, Paris, 18 June 1971, lot 30.
Agenzia d'arte Moderna, Rome, by 1976.
Anonymous sale, Grisebach, Berlin, 29 November 1991, lot 53.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Levi Arte Moderna, ed., Surrealismo, Milan, 1974, no. 19, p. 53 (illustrated).
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1925-1929, Cologne, 1976, no. 1358, p. 291 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Rome, Agenzia d'arte moderna, Max Ernst/Joan Miró, diciannove opere scelte di due maestri del surrealismo, May - June 1974, no. 1 (illustrated).
| Artist: | Max Ernst (1891 - 1976) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Max Ernst (1891 - 1976) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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