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AN EYE FOR THE SUBLIME: THE RENKER COLLECTION
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Sedona I
Details
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Sedona I
signed, dated and numbered 'max ernst 48 I/V' (on the right foot of the right group)
bronze with brown and green patina
overall (approx.):
height: 34 in. (83 cm.)
length: 129 7⁄8 in. (330 cm.)
Conceived in Sedona in 1951; this bronze version cast in 1968 by Modern Art Foundry, New York, in a numbered edition of 6
Sedona I
signed, dated and numbered 'max ernst 48 I/V' (on the right foot of the right group)
bronze with brown and green patina
overall (approx.):
height: 34 in. (83 cm.)
length: 129 7⁄8 in. (330 cm.)
Conceived in Sedona in 1951; this bronze version cast in 1968 by Modern Art Foundry, New York, in a numbered edition of 6
Provenance
Jimmy Ernst (the artist's son), Cologne & New York.
Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne.
Acquired from the above in 1968, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne.
Acquired from the above in 1968, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1939-1953, Houston & Cologne, 1987, no. 2621,1, p. 168 (cement version illustrated).
W. Spies, Max Ernst, sculptures, maisons, paysages, Paris, 1998, no. 78-84, p. 314 (cement version illustrated p. 169).
J. Pech, Max Ernst, Plastische Werke, Cologne, 2005, pp. 102-103 (another cast illustrated pp. 104-105; titled 'Sedona I').
W. Spies, Max Ernst, sculptures, maisons, paysages, Paris, 1998, no. 78-84, p. 314 (cement version illustrated p. 169).
J. Pech, Max Ernst, Plastische Werke, Cologne, 2005, pp. 102-103 (another cast illustrated pp. 104-105; titled 'Sedona I').
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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