Max Ernst (1891-1976)

Lot 11
30.03.2022 17:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 11 | Max Ernst (1891-1976)
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)

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).





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