Max Ernst (1891-1976) L’homme et la femme
signed ‘max ernst’ (lower right)
oil on board
10 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (26.7 x 21.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1929-1930
Max Ernst (1891-1976) L’homme et la femme
signed ‘max ernst’ (lower right)
oil on board
10 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (26.7 x 21.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1929-1930
Galerie Pierre Colle, Paris, by 1932. Feigen-Palmer Gallery, Los Angeles (no. 20569), by 1966. Galleria Galatea, Turin, by 1969. Private collection, Milan, by 1979, and thence by descent to the present owner.
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1929-1938, Cologne, 1979, no. 1695, p. 67 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Vignon, Exposition Max Ernst, November - December 1930, no. 7. Prague, S.V.U. Mánes, Poesie 1932, October - November 1932, no. 23, p. 10. Santa Barbara, University of California Art Gallery, Surrealism: A State of Mind, 1924-1965, February - March 1966, no. 10 (illustrated; dated '1927'; with incorrect dimensions). Turin, Galleria Galatea, Max Ernst, October - November 1969 (illustrated; with inverted dimensions; dated '1927'). Rome, Museo del Corso, Max Ernst e i suoi amici surrealisti, July - November 2002, p. 136 (illustrated p. 33).
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