Les fausses positions; histoire naturelle
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Les fausses positions; histoire naturelle
titled 'les fausses positions' (lower left) and inscribed 'Histoire naturelle, 8' (on the right)
frottage and pencil on paper laid down on cardboard
17 x 10½in. (48 x 26.5cm.)
Les fausses positions; histoire naturelle
titled 'les fausses positions' (lower left) and inscribed 'Histoire naturelle, 8' (on the right)
frottage and pencil on paper laid down on cardboard
17 x 10½in. (48 x 26.5cm.)
Provenance
Jeanne Bucher, Paris.
Edward James, West Dean, Sussex.
Knoedler Gallery, London.
James Kirkman, London.
Edward James, West Dean, Sussex.
Knoedler Gallery, London.
James Kirkman, London.
Literature
W. Spies, Max Ernst Frottagen, Stuttgart, 1968, no. 9 (illustrated).
W. Spies and S. and G. Metken, Max Ernst, Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1925-1929, Cologne, 1976, no. 797 (illustrated p. 4).
W. Spies and S. and G. Metken, Max Ernst, Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1925-1929, Cologne, 1976, no. 797 (illustrated p. 4).
Exhibited
Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Max Ernst, Feb.-April 1986, no. 21.
Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Histoire de Fôret, Max Ernst, June-Sept. 1987 (illustrated p. 66).
Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Histoire de Fôret, Max Ernst, June-Sept. 1987 (illustrated p. 66).