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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Lot 273 PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF LOUIS ARAGON

Max Ernst (1891-1976)

Etude pour Colombe noire et colombe pâle

Closed7 February 2013

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GBP 18,750

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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Etude pour Colombe noire et colombe pâle
frottage and pencil on paper
10 7/8 x 8½ in. (27.5 x 21.5 cm.)

Louis Aragon & Elsa Triolet, Paris, by 1970.
A gift from the above to the family of the present owner by 1978.

Specialist note

This work will be included in the forthcoming eighth volume of the Max Ernst Catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by Werner Spies, Sigrid Mertken and Jürgen Pech.


This work is related to Colombe noir et colombe pâle, an oil and collage from 1925 (Spies 767; Private collection, Mexico).