Details
Max Ernst (1891-11976)
Ideal Postcard
signed and inscribed lower centre Greeting from max ernst, oil on canvas
11 x 24in. (28 x 61cm.)
Painted circa 1947-1948
Ideal Postcard
signed and inscribed lower centre Greeting from max ernst, oil on canvas
11 x 24in. (28 x 61cm.)
Painted circa 1947-1948
Provenance
M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Stephen Grot, New York
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 21 May 1982, lot 341 (illustrated in colour)
Stephen Grot, New York
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 21 May 1982, lot 341 (illustrated in colour)
Literature
J. Russell, Max Ernst, Leben und Werk, Cologne, 1966, no. 77 (illustrated)
S. Metken, "Die Bildpostkarte in der Kunst", in Das Kunstwerk, 27 Jahrgang, vol. I, Berlin, Jan. 1974, p. 7 (illustrated p. 6)
W. Spies, S. and G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, no. 2570 (illustrated p. 142)
S. Metken, "Die Bildpostkarte in der Kunst", in Das Kunstwerk, 27 Jahrgang, vol. I, Berlin, Jan. 1974, p. 7 (illustrated p. 6)
W. Spies, S. and G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, no. 2570 (illustrated p. 142)
Exhibited
New York, Knoedler & Co., Max Ernst, Nov.-Dec. 1948, no. 17