Roi, reine et fou

Details

Max Ernst (American, 1891-1976)
Roi, reine et fou
signed and numbered 'Max Ernst 29/35' (on the bronze base) and stamped 'A. Valsuani Cire perdue' (on the reverse edge of the base).
bronze with a green brown patina
14,5 x 29.5 x 9.5 cm.
Conceived in 1929 and cast in an edition of 35 in the 1970's. This sculpture is number 29 of 35 (there was also a numbered edition of eight).

Literature

W. Spies, Max Ernst, Werke 1929-1938, Cologne, 1979, no. 1683, p. 61 (another cast ill.).

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Lot Essay

The individual figures in this sculpture were originally designed in 1929-1930. In the early 1970's, Ernst authorized the Societé de Diffusion d'Oeuvres Plastiques et Multiples, Paris, to cast a bronze edition.

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