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L'homme
Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
L'homme
stamped with signature 'Max Ernst' and with silversmith's mark 'Franois Hugo' (on the underside)
silver
Height: 9 in. (24.2 cm.)
Width: 6.3/8 in. (16.2 cm.)
Depth: 4 in. (11.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1961; this work is unique.
L'homme
stamped with signature 'Max Ernst' and with silversmith's mark 'Franois Hugo' (on the underside)
silver
Height: 9 in. (24.2 cm.)
Width: 6.3/8 in. (16.2 cm.)
Depth: 4 in. (11.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1961; this work is unique.
Provenance
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris.
Acquired from the above by Harry Torczyner on 25 November 1965.
Acquired from the above by Harry Torczyner on 25 November 1965.
Literature
F. Hugo and P. Hugo, Max Ernst sculptures d'or et d'argent, Salsbury, 1984 (other casts illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Max Ernst: A Retrospective, February-April 1975, p. 235, no. 265 (illustrated).
Sale room notice
Please note that an additional example of this work was cast for the artist and was never to be sold.