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MAX ERNST (1891-1976) & LEONORA CARRINGTON (1917-2011)

Lot 491
07.03.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1381092
Lot 491 | MAX ERNST (1891-1976) & LEONORA CARRINGTON (1917-2011)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
MAX ERNST (1891-1976) & LEONORA CARRINGTON (1917-2011)
La femme demi-tête
signed and numbered 'max ernst 3/8' (on the back); stamped with foundry mark 'Susse Frères Paris RESYRGAM' (on the back at the base)
bronze with green and grey patina
height: 68 ¾ in. (174.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1938-1939 at St Martin d'Ardèche; this bronze version cast by Susse Frères, Paris, in a numbered edition of 8 plus 4 artist's proofs




Provenance

Dorothea Tanning, New York.
Probably acquired from the above circa 1991-1992, and thence by descent to the present owner.



Further details

Dr. Jürgen Pech has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

We are grateful to Dr. Salomon Grimberg for his assistance cataloguing this work.
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