Live Auction 17155Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper Sale
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Lot 112 THE ARROGANT EYE: WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE LARRY SAPHIRE

Max Ernst (1891-1976)

La Mer

Closed14 May 2019

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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
La Mer
signed 'max ernst' (lower right) and titled 'la mer' (lower left)
pencil and frottage on paper
10 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. (27 x 21.5 cm.)
Executed in 1925

René Crevel, Paris.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 7 December 1983, lot 557.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 12 February 2004, lot 48.
(probably) Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

Specialist note

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