Live Auction 3045The Piet and Ida Sanders Collection
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Lot 11

Max Ernst (1891-1976)

Roi, reine et fou

Closed16 April 2013

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EUR 16,250

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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Roi, reine et fou
signed and numbered 'Max Ernst 25/35' (on top of the bronze base); with foundry mark 'A. Valsuani cire perdue' (on the side of the bronze base)
bronze with a gold patina
14.5 x 30 x 9.5 cm. (including the bronze base)
Conceived in 1929, this is number 25 from the edition of 35

Galerie Collection d'Art, Amsterdam.
Acquired from the above by Piet and Ida Sanders in 1978.

Specialist note

The individual figures in this sculpture were originally designed in 1929-1930. In the early 1970's, Ernst authorized the Societé de Diffusion d'Oeuvres Plastiques et Multiples, Paris, to cast a bronze edition.