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Lot Essay
Werner Spies will include this work in his forthcoming supplement to the Max Ernst catalogue raisonné.
Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Muschelblumen
signed 'Max Ernst' (lower right)
oil on paper
8¼ x 11 7/8 in. (21 x 30 cm.)
Executed circa 1928
Muschelblumen
signed 'Max Ernst' (lower right)
oil on paper
8¼ x 11 7/8 in. (21 x 30 cm.)
Executed circa 1928
Provenance
Given by the artist to Dr Georg and Josi Guggenheim.
Exhibited
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Max Ernst: Frottagen, Collagen, Zeichnungen, Graphik, Bücher, August - October 1978, No. 2.97; this exhibition later tavelled to Frankfurt, Städelsches Kunstinstitut and Munich, Lenbachhaus.
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