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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
La Terre s'effrite
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
La Terre s'effrite
signed, dated and titled across the mount '1925...La terre s'effrite Max Ernst'
pencil on paper laid down by the artist on paper
Image size: 8¼ x 6½in. (21 x 16.5cm.)
Mount size: 12¾ x 9 7/8in. (32.4 x 25cm.)
Drawn in 1925
La Terre s'effrite
signed, dated and titled across the mount '1925...La terre s'effrite Max Ernst'
pencil on paper laid down by the artist on paper
Image size: 8¼ x 6½in. (21 x 16.5cm.)
Mount size: 12¾ x 9 7/8in. (32.4 x 25cm.)
Drawn in 1925
Provenance
Paul Eluard, Paris
René Gaffé, Brussels
Galerie Berggruen, Paris
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York (acquired by the present owner)
René Gaffé, Brussels
Galerie Berggruen, Paris
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York (acquired by the present owner)
Literature
P. Waldberg, "Max Ernst entre chien et loup," XX Siecle, March, 1964 (illustrated)
W. Spies, Max Ernst, Werke 1925-1929, Cologne, 1976, no. 828 (illustrated, p. 20)
W. Spies, Max Ernst, Werke 1925-1929, Cologne, 1976, no. 828 (illustrated, p. 20)
Exhibited
Paris, Berggruen & Cie, Max Ernst, Histoire naturelle, dessins inédits, 1956, number unknown
New York, World House Galleries, Drawings, Watercolors, Gouaches by 20th Century Masters, Dec., 1959-Jan., 1960, no. 26
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Max Ernst, Dec.. 1962-March, 1963, number unknown. The exhibition traveled to Zürich, Kunsthaus, March-April, 1963, number unknown.
Houston, Rice University, Institute for the Arts, Max Ernst: Inside the Sight, no. 15 (illustrated, p. 47). The exhibition traveled between May, 1970 and Jan., 1972 to the following institutions: Hamburg, Kunsthalle; Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft; Frankfurt, Kunstverein; Berlin, Akademie der Künste; Cologne, Kunsthalle; Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries; Marseille, Musée Cantini; Grenoble, Maison de la Culture; Strasbourg, Ancienne Douane; Nantes, Musée des Beaux Arts; Houston, Rice Museum; Kansas City, Missouri, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts; Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum; Chicago, The Art Institute, and New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Max Ernst: A Retrospective, Feb.-April, 1975, no. 103
Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Max Ernst, May-Aug., 1975, no. 126 (illustrated, p. 63)
New York, World House Galleries, Drawings, Watercolors, Gouaches by 20th Century Masters, Dec., 1959-Jan., 1960, no. 26
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Max Ernst, Dec.. 1962-March, 1963, number unknown. The exhibition traveled to Zürich, Kunsthaus, March-April, 1963, number unknown.
Houston, Rice University, Institute for the Arts, Max Ernst: Inside the Sight, no. 15 (illustrated, p. 47). The exhibition traveled between May, 1970 and Jan., 1972 to the following institutions: Hamburg, Kunsthalle; Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft; Frankfurt, Kunstverein; Berlin, Akademie der Künste; Cologne, Kunsthalle; Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries; Marseille, Musée Cantini; Grenoble, Maison de la Culture; Strasbourg, Ancienne Douane; Nantes, Musée des Beaux Arts; Houston, Rice Museum; Kansas City, Missouri, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts; Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum; Chicago, The Art Institute, and New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Max Ernst: A Retrospective, Feb.-April, 1975, no. 103
Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Max Ernst, May-Aug., 1975, no. 126 (illustrated, p. 63)
Sale room notice
Please note that the correct catalogue details for this drawing are as follows:
signed, dated and titled across the mount '1925...La terre s'effrite Max Ernst'
signed, dated and titled across the mount '1925...La terre s'effrite Max Ernst'