Live Auction 21612Impressionist and Modern Art Day and Works on Paper Sale
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Lot 454

MAX ERNST (1891-1976)

Shell

Closed3 March 2023

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GBP 151,200

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MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Shell
signed ‘max ernst’ (lower right); signed and inscribed ‘al mio amigo EGIDIO max ernst’ (on the reverse)
oil and grattage on panel
16 1/8 x 12 7/8 in. (41 x 32.7 cm.)
Painted in 1965

Egidio Costantini, Venice, a gift from the artist.
Weintraub Gallery, New York.
Jakob Weintraub, New York.
Jules & Gladys Reiner, New York, to whom gifted from the above in the 1960s; sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 6 November 2015, lot 119.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.