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MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Lot 701 PROPERTY FROM A PARK AVENUE COLLECTION

MAX ERNST (1891-1976)

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Closed18 May 2024

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MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Paysage
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
oil and decalcomania on panel
5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (13.8 x 8.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1952

Barnet Hodes, Chicago; sale, Christie's, New York, 12 November 1984, lot 55.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

Specialist note

The present painting was previously in the collection of Mr. Barnet Hodes, a lawyer and former counsel of the City of Chicago. Mr. Hodes was an important collector of surrealist art and a friend of William Copley, who first introduced him to Surrealism in the 1940s.