ID 1435709
Lot 30 | Max Ernst. Clairière
Estimate value
€ 150 000 – 200 000
Title: Clairière.
Date: 1958.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 61 x 50cm.
Notation: Signed and dated lower right: max ernst 58. Additionally signed, dated and titled verso: CLAIRIÈRE max ernst 58.
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.
Provenance:
- Galerie Edouard Loeb, Paris
- Parke-Bernet, New York, auction, 25th October 1963, lot 43
- Maxwell Davidson, New York (label)
- Private collection, New York
- Galerie Beyeler, Basel (label)
- Galerie Neher, Essen
- Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from previous owner in 1989)
- Independent foundation under the care of the German Foundation Centre, Essen
Exhibitions:
- Galerie Beyeler, Basel 1974 (label)
- Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, 1985/1986 (label)
- Runkel-Hue-Williams, London 1988/1989 (label)
- Galerie Neher, Essen 1989
Literature:
- Spies, Werner (ed.): Max Ernst - Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1954-1963, Houston/Cologne 1998, cat. no. 3356, ill.
- Exhib. cat. Max Ernst, Retrospektive, Galerie Beyeler, Basel 1974, cat. no. 38, ill.
- Quinn, Edward: Max Ernst, Texte: Max Ernst, Uwe M. Schneede, et al., Paris 1976, p. 310, no. 378, ill.
- Exhib. cat. Max Ernst, Landschaften, Galerie Beyeler, Basel 1985, ill.
- Exhib. cat. Max Ernst: Landschaften, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Basel 1985, ill.
- Exhib. cat. Max Ernst, Paintings, Sculptures & Works on Paper, Runkel-Hue-Williams LTD, London 1988/1989, pp. 42/43, ill.
- Exhib. cat. Moderne mit Tradition, Galerie Neher, Essen 1989, pp. 61/67, ill.
- As one of the most important representatives of Dadaism and Surrealism, Max Ernst is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.
- Impressive example of Ernst's specially developed technique, "Grattage"
- The bird symbolizes the artist's alter ego and is one of the most defining motifs in his oeuvre..
Artist: | Max Ernst (1891 - 1976) |
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Applied technique: | Oil |
Auction house category: | Modern paintings, drawings, watercolours |
Artist: | Max Ernst (1891 - 1976) |
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Applied technique: | Oil |
Auction house category: | Modern paintings, drawings, watercolours |
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