Max Ernst (1891-1976)

Lot 50
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Lot 50 | Max Ernst (1891-1976)
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)

Son terrible chant d'amour éclate entre deux lits de glace, Sept microbes (9)

gouache et décalcomanie sur papier

Image: 5.2 x 4.1 cm.

Montage: 44.3 x 40.6 cm.

Exécuté vers 1951; le montage fait probablement par l'artiste



gouache and décalcomanie on paper

Image: 2 x 1 5⁄8 in.

Mount: 17 1⁄2 x 16 in.

Executed circa 1951; the mount probably made by the artist







Provenance

Galleria Schettini, Milan (avant 1987).

Inna et Boris Salomon, Paris.

Puis par descendance.





Literature

'Mite-size art is shown actual size. Max Ernst gets $400 for some of his surreal ''microbe'' pictures' in Life, New York, 21 janvier 1952, p. 59 (illustré en couleurs, p. 60; titré 'Love song on a snow bed').

W. Spies, S. Metken et G. Metken, Max Ernst, Œuvre-Katalog, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, p. 322, no. 2934 (illustré).





Exhibited

New York, Bodley Gallery, Max Ernst, Paintings, collages, drawings, sculpture, octobre-novembre 1961.

Zurich, Kunsthaus; Francfort, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut et Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Max Ernst. Frottagen, Collagen, Zeichnungen, Graphik, Bücher, août 1978-avril 1979, p. 157 (illustré en couleurs; daté '1953').





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