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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Lot 190

Max Ernst (1891-1976)

Illustrationsvorlage für das Vorsatzpapier zu John Russell, "Max Ernst," Köln 1966

Closed6 November 2014

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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Illustrationsvorlage für das Vorsatzpapier zu John Russell, "Max Ernst," Köln 1966
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
gouache and paper collage and pencil on card
11 3/8 x 21 ¼ in. (29 x 54 cm.)
Executed in 1966

Estate of the artist.
Galerie Zabriskie, Paris (acquired from the above); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 2008, lot 355.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

The present work is a design for the endpapers of John Russell's monograph on the artist.