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MAX ERNST (1891-1976)

Lot 124
28.02.2023 16:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 124 | MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
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MAX ERNST (1891-1976)

Don Juan et Faustroll

signed and dated 'max ernst 51' (lower right); signed, dated and titled 'DON JUAN ET FAUSTROLL max ernst 51' (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

56 1/8 x 43 1/4 in. (142.5 x 109.8 cm.)

Painted in 1951





Provenance

Aram D. Mouradian, Paris.

Ragnar Moltzau, Oslo, until at least 1958.

Maurice d'Arquian [Galerie Helios Art], Brussels.

Private collection, Belgium, by whom acquired from the above in October 1959, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, The Art of the Surreal, 4 February 2015, lot 105.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

P. Waldberg, Max Ernst, Paris, 1958, p. 437 (illustrated).

S. Takiguchi, Max Ernst, Tokyo, 1960, p. 57 (illustrated).

W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, no. 2877, p. 294 (illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, Alexander Iolas Gallery, Max Ernst, Dancers Under the Starry Sky, November - December 1951, no. 43.

Houston, Contemporary Arts Association, Max Ernst, January - February 1952, no. 18.

Venice, La Biennale di Venezia, XXVII. Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, June - October 1954, no. 20 (illustrated).

Paris, Galerie Mouradian-Vallotton-Loeb, Max Ernst, June - July 1956, no. 25.

Bern, Kunsthalle, Max Ernst, August - September 1956, no. 72.

London, Matthiesen Gallery, Max Ernst, November - December 1956, no. 27.

Bordeaux, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Bosch, Goya et le Fantastique, May - July 1957, no. 271, p. 95.

London, The Tate Gallery, From Cézanne to Picasso: The Moltzau Collection, October - November 1958, no. 30.



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Artist:Max Ernst (1891 - 1976)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Modern art, Surrealism
Genre:Marine art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Germany, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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