MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
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ID 1425799 
Lot 29  | MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 70 000 
Le peuple des oiseaux
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
pastel, charcoal and frottage on toned paper
18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.6 cm.)
Executed in 1942
Provenance
David Hare, New York.
Private collection, New York.
The Pace Gallery, New York (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 17 February 1995.
Exhibited
New York, PaceWildenstein, Drawings, January-March 1995.
Further Details
This work will be included in the forthcoming volume of the Max Ernst catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared by Werner Spies in collaboration with Sigrid Metken and Jürgen Pech.
| Artist: | Max Ernst (1891 - 1976) | 
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| Applied technique: | Charcoal, Painted, Pastel | 
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Wood, Paper, Plastic | 
| Art style: | Modern art, Surrealism | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings | 
| Artist: | Max Ernst (1891 - 1976) | 
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| Applied technique: | Charcoal, Painted, Pastel | 
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Wood, Paper, Plastic | 
| Art style: | Modern art, Surrealism | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings | 
| Address of auction | 
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