Lot Essay
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Figur X (Sedona)
Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Figur X (Sedona)
painted plaster
Height: 8¾ in. (22.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1948; this plaster version executed circa 1965-1966
Figur X (Sedona)
painted plaster
Height: 8¾ in. (22.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1948; this plaster version executed circa 1965-1966
Provenance
Jimmy Ernst, New Canaan, Connecticut.
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (acquired from the above, 1966).
By bequest from the above to the present owner, 1981.
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (acquired from the above, 1966).
By bequest from the above to the present owner, 1981.
Literature
W. Spies, Max Ernst Oeuvre-Katalog Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, p. 189, no. 2662 (another medium illustrated)
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