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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ADAM CLAYTON
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
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MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
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signed and numbered 'max ernst 8⁄9' (on top of the base) and stamped with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (at the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
height: 22 ½ in. (57 cm.)
width: 37 in. (94 cm.)
Conceived in 1955-1956 and cast in bronze in 1957, by Susse Fondeur, Paris in a numbered edition of 9 plus 4 hors commerce proofs
Other casts of this work include those in the collections of the Baltimore Museum of Art; the Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna; the Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch Collection, Berlin, and in the Max Ernst Museum, Brühl as a permanent loan of the Kreissparkasse Köln.
The plaster for the edition is in the Sprengel Museum, Hannover.
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signed and numbered 'max ernst 8⁄9' (on top of the base) and stamped with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (at the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
height: 22 ½ in. (57 cm.)
width: 37 in. (94 cm.)
Conceived in 1955-1956 and cast in bronze in 1957, by Susse Fondeur, Paris in a numbered edition of 9 plus 4 hors commerce proofs
Other casts of this work include those in the collections of the Baltimore Museum of Art; the Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna; the Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch Collection, Berlin, and in the Max Ernst Museum, Brühl as a permanent loan of the Kreissparkasse Köln.
The plaster for the edition is in the Sprengel Museum, Hannover.
Provenance
Gallery Moos, Toronto, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Private collection, New York, by 1968.
Constance Kamens, New York.
Acquired from the above by Adam Clayton on 21 June 2001.
Private collection, New York, by 1968.
Constance Kamens, New York.
Acquired from the above by Adam Clayton on 21 June 2001.
Literature
P. Waldberg, Max Ernst, Paris, 1958, p. 326 (another cast illustrated; dated '1956').
M. Seuphor, The Sculpture of this Century, Dictionary of Modern Sculpture, New York, 1960, p. 360 (another cast illustrated p. 118).
L'œil, no. 84, Paris, 1961, p. 68.
Cimaise, no. 57, Paris, January- February 1962, p. 23 (another cast illutstrated).
J. Russell, Max Ernst, Life and Work, London, 1967, no. 148, p. 348 (another cast illustrated no. 148, p. 299).
W. Spies, Max Ernst, Sculptures, maisons, paysages, Paris, 1998, no. 97, p. 316 (another cast illustrated p. 174).
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst Œuvre-Katalog, vol. VI, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3776.I, p. 377 (another cast illustrated).
S. Kaufmann, Im Spannungsfeld von Fläche und Raum, Studien zur Wechselwirkung von Malerei und Skulptur im Werk von Marx Ernst, Weimar, 2003, no. 213, p. 237 (another cast illustrated no. 213, p. 355).
J. Pech, Max Ernst, Plastische Werke, Cologne, 2005, p. 132 (another cast illustrated p. 133).
M. Seuphor, The Sculpture of this Century, Dictionary of Modern Sculpture, New York, 1960, p. 360 (another cast illustrated p. 118).
L'œil, no. 84, Paris, 1961, p. 68.
Cimaise, no. 57, Paris, January- February 1962, p. 23 (another cast illutstrated).
J. Russell, Max Ernst, Life and Work, London, 1967, no. 148, p. 348 (another cast illustrated no. 148, p. 299).
W. Spies, Max Ernst, Sculptures, maisons, paysages, Paris, 1998, no. 97, p. 316 (another cast illustrated p. 174).
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst Œuvre-Katalog, vol. VI, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3776.I, p. 377 (another cast illustrated).
S. Kaufmann, Im Spannungsfeld von Fläche und Raum, Studien zur Wechselwirkung von Malerei und Skulptur im Werk von Marx Ernst, Weimar, 2003, no. 213, p. 237 (another cast illustrated no. 213, p. 355).
J. Pech, Max Ernst, Plastische Werke, Cologne, 2005, p. 132 (another cast illustrated p. 133).
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 Sigrid Metken and Jürgen Pech.
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