MAX ERNST (1891-1976) Oiseaux
signed and dated 'max ernst 55' (lower right)
oil on board
13 ½ x 9 7/8 in. (34.2 x 25.2 cm.)
Painted in 1955
MAX ERNST (1891-1976) Oiseaux
signed and dated 'max ernst 55' (lower right)
oil on board
13 ½ x 9 7/8 in. (34.2 x 25.2 cm.)
Painted in 1955
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 6 March 1978, lot 10. Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, by 1986. Galleria Tega, Milan. Acquired from the above in January 2004, and thence by descent.
W. Spies, Max Ernst, Œuvre-Katalog, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3099, p. 29 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie 1900-2000, Continent abstrait, Continent surréaliste, Peintures, dessins, collages, objets, photographies, February - March 1986, no. 73, p. 45 (illustrated; titled 'Composition aux oiseaux').
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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