Lot Essay
The masterful combination of medium in Paysage evokes Ernst's exploration of natural forms through automatist techniques, capturing the atmospheric intensity central to his mature Surrealist practice.
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Paysage
Details
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Paysage
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
gouache, watercolour and décalcomanie on paper
6 ¼ x 6 5⁄8 in. (16 x 16.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1963.
Paysage
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
gouache, watercolour and décalcomanie on paper
6 ¼ x 6 5⁄8 in. (16 x 16.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1963.
Provenance
Lucien Leroy, Paris, and thence by descent; their sale, Artcurial, Paris, 5 June 2014, lot 175.
with Vedovi Gallery, Brussels.
Acquired from the above for the present collection in March 2015.
with Vedovi Gallery, Brussels.
Acquired from the above for the present collection in March 2015.
Further details
This work will be included in the forthcoming volume of the Max Ernst catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared by Werner Spies in collaboration with Jürgen Pech.
Sale room notice
Please note that this work will be included in the forthcoming volume of the Max Ernst catalogue raisonné.
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