ID 1381200
Lot 487 | MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000
Oiseau tenant une branche dans son bec
paper collage, olive tree branch and pencil on paper laid down on board
11 7/8 x 15 in. (30 x 38 cm.)
Executed circa 1955
Provenance
Hélène Anavi, Lot-et-Garonne, probably a gift from the artist; her sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 27 March 1984, lot 2.
Galerie 1900-2000, Paris.
Galería Theo, Madrid.
Private collection, Spain, by whom acquired from the above, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, Paris, 31 March 2022, lot 105.
Acquired at the above sale.
Literature
W. Spies & S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Œuvre Katalog, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3140, p. 50 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie 1900-2000, Jalons contrastés 1902-1982: De Matisse à Warhol, March - April 1985, no. 17, p. 12 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
| Artist: | Max Ernst (1891 - 1976) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil, Collage |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Abstract art, Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Max Ernst (1891 - 1976) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil, Collage |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Abstract art, Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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