Max Ernst (1891-1976)
The table-cloth in the Atlantic Ocean (projet d'illustration pour "Babylone" de René Crevel)
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
frottage and pencil on paper
7 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (18 x 11.5 cm.)
Executed in 1931
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
The table-cloth in the Atlantic Ocean (projet d'illustration pour "Babylone" de René Crevel)
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
frottage and pencil on paper
7 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (18 x 11.5 cm.)
Executed in 1931
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 February 1961, lot 1. Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York (no. 8A). Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé, Paris; their sale, Christie's, Paris, 17 November 2009, lot 994. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1929-1938, Cologne, 1979, no. 1735, p. 88 (illustrated). R. Crevel, Babylon, Paris, 1988, p. 50 (illustrated).
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