MAX ERNST (1891-1976) - photo 1

MAX ERNST (1891-1976)

Starting price
£ 400 000
Auction dateClassic
01.03.2022 13:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 717785
Lot 118 | MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)

Simplicity

signed and dated 'max ernst 60' (lower right); signed again and inscribed 'Simplicity max ernst 1960' (on the reverse)

oil and grattage on canvas

41 3⁄4 x 35 1⁄8 in. (116 x 89.2 cm.)

Painted in 1960







Provenance

Maurice Lefebvre-Foinet, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist.

Private collection, Paris, by whom acquired circa 1990, and thence by descent.





Literature

W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3524, p. 245 (illustrated).





Exhibited

London, Tate Gallery, Max Ernst, September - October 1961, no. 188, p. 66.

Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Max Ernst, Oltre la pittura, June - October 1966, no. 39 (dated '1962').

Hamburg, Kunstverein, Malerei des Surrealismus von den Anfängen bis heute, April - May 1969, no. 48 (illustrated pl. 50; with incorrect dimensions).

Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Max Ernst, A l'intérieur de la vue, April - May 1971, no. XXVII, p. 7 (illustrated p. 34).





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Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Artist:Max Ernst (1891 - 1976)
Applied technique:Oil, Painted
Medium:Canvas, Textile
Art style:Modern art, Surrealism
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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