ID 734297
Lot 11 | Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Estimate value
€ 200 000 – 300 000
Universaphrodite ou Naissance d'Aphrodite
signé et daté 'max ernst 47' (en bas à droite); signé, daté et inscrit 'univers-aphrodite 1947 max ernst' (au revers)
huile sur toile
61.4 x 30.1 cm.
Peint en 1947
signed and dated 'max ernst 47' (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed 'univers-aphrodite 1947 max ernst' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
24 1⁄8 x 11 7⁄8 in.
Painted in 1947
Provenance
Man Ray, Los Angeles (avant 1949).
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York.
Inna et Boris Salomon, Paris (acquis auprès de celle-ci vers 1960-61).
Puis par descendance.
Literature
W. Spies, S. Metken et G. Metken, Max Ernst, Œuvre-Katalog, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, p. 133, no. 2552 (illustré).
Man Ray, Human Equations, A journey from mathematics to Shakespeare, cat. ex., The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C., Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhage et The Israel Museum, Jérusalem, 2015, p. 232 (illustré en couleurs, p. 48).
Exhibited
Beverly Hills, The Copley Galleries, Max Ernst, 30 years of his work, a survey, janvier-février 1949, no. 53.
Venise, XLII Esposizione internazionale d'arte, La Biennale di Venezia, juin-septembre 1986, p. 94, no. 1 (erronément daté 1950; dimenssions érronées).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite").
If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also 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) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Artist: | Max Ernst (1891 - 1976) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
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