MAX ERNST (1891-1976) - photo 1

MAX ERNST (1891-1976)

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01.03.2022 13:00UTC +01:00
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ID 717791
Lot 107 | MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)

Le bijoutier du ciel

signed, dated and inscribed 'max ernst 54 le bijoutier du ciel' (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

31 7⁄8 x 25 1⁄2 in. (81 x 64.7 cm.)

Painted in 1954







Provenance

Galerie Beyeler, Basel.

Private collection, Switzerland, by whom acquired from the above on 25 March 1955 and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 25 June 2008, lot 543.

Private collection, France, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, London, 2012, lot 134 ($1,222,195).

Private collection, New York, by whom acquired at the above sale.





Exhibited

Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Max Ernst, February - March 1955, no. 18, n.p..

Tours, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours, Le Jardin de la France, October 2009 - January 2010, p. 208 (illustrated p. 59).





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Post Lot Text

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)
Applied technique:Oil, Painted
Medium:Canvas, Textile
Art style:Modern art, Surrealism
Genre:Landscape painting
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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