MAX ERNST (1891-1976)

Lot 454
03.03.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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ID 908434
Lot 454 | MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)

Shell

signed ‘max ernst’ (lower right); signed and inscribed ‘al mio amigo EGIDIO max ernst’ (on the reverse)

oil and grattage on panel

16 1/8 x 12 7/8 in. (41 x 32.7 cm.)

Painted in 1965





Provenance

Egidio Costantini, Venice, a gift from the artist.

Weintraub Gallery, New York.

Jakob Weintraub, New York.

Jules & Gladys Reiner, New York, to whom gifted from the above in the 1960s; sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 6 November 2015, lot 119.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

W. Spies, S. & G. Metken and J. Pech, Max Ernst: Werke 1964-1969, Cologne, 2007, no. 4071, p. 115 (illustrated; titled ‘Ohne Titel’).



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