ID 908096
Lot 106 | MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
Golden Eye
indistinctly signed 'Max Ernst' (lower right)
oil on canvas
14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 28.2 cm.)
Painted in 1948
Provenance
Nevada Frye, Las Vegas, by 1975.
Richard Feigen Gallery, New York, by 1987.
Hirschl and Adler Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owners in 2002.
Literature
W. Spies & S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, no. 2575, p. 145 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Tuscon, The University of Arizona, University Art Gallery, on loan, 1959-1970.
Special Notice
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| Artist: | Max Ernst (1891 - 1976) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted |
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Max Ernst (1891 - 1976) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted |
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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