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Oiseau-tête
Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Oiseau-tête
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 20½in. (52cm.)
Executed in 1934-35 in a numbered edition of six plus six further casts
Oiseau-tête
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 20½in. (52cm.)
Executed in 1934-35 in a numbered edition of six plus six further casts
Provenance
Alexander Yolas, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1929-1938, Cologne 1979, no. 2157.1 (another cast illustrated p. 306).
Exhibited
Bologna, Galleria de' Foscherari, Max Ernst, Nov.-Dec. 1970, no. 35 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 88 and on the cover).
Milan, Galleria del Credito Valtellinese 'Refettorio delle Stelline', Max Ernst da collezioni francesi e italiane, Nov. 1996-Feb. 1997, no. 35 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 88).
Milan, Galleria del Credito Valtellinese 'Refettorio delle Stelline', Max Ernst da collezioni francesi e italiane, Nov. 1996-Feb. 1997, no. 35 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 88).
Special notice
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