Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Lot 103 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

Max Ernst (1891-1976)

Coquillage jaune

Closed7 February 2012

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GBP 229,250

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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Coquillage jaune
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
oil with pencil and graphite frottage on paper laid down on canvas
16¼ x 25 3/8 in. (41.3 x 64.4 cm.)
Executed in 1928

The artist.
Anonymous sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, 18 November 1964, lot 73.
Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris (no. 263), by 1970.
Private collection, by whom acquired circa 1970.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1990.