Live Auction 5467Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Lot 154

Max Ernst (1891-1976)

Project for 'What is Surrealism?'

Closed21 June 2012

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GBP 61,250

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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Project for 'What is Surrealism?'
one sheet signed 'max ernst' (lower right); a further sheet inscribed 'Surrealism is? emplacement des lettres en bleu clair (ou rouge?)' (lower right); a further sheet inscribed 'SURREALISM IS?' (within the composition)
four sheets, two of which are paper collage and gouache on paper, the other two pencil on paper, in a three-dimensional frame
the largest sheet: 8 7/8 x 6¾ in. (22.5 x 17 cm.)
(4)

Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 29 November 1989, lot 534.
Galerie Thessa Herold, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1997.

Specialist note

This work will be included in the forthcoming eighth volume of the Max Ernst Catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by Werner Spies, Sigrid Metken and Jürgen Pech.