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Wasserspeier C (Maske auf Außenwand)
Details
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Wasserspeier C (Maske auf Außenwand)
signed, dated and numbered 'max ernst 48 2/VI' (on the top of the base) and stamped with the foundry mark 'MODERN. ART. FDRY N.Y' (on the back edge of the base); inscribed 'J' (on the underside)
bronze with dark brown patina
10 ½ x 15 1⁄8 x 7 ½ in. (26.6 x 38.4 x 19.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1951; this bronze version cast in 1967
Wasserspeier C (Maske auf Außenwand)
signed, dated and numbered 'max ernst 48 2/VI' (on the top of the base) and stamped with the foundry mark 'MODERN. ART. FDRY N.Y' (on the back edge of the base); inscribed 'J' (on the underside)
bronze with dark brown patina
10 ½ x 15 1⁄8 x 7 ½ in. (26.6 x 38.4 x 19.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1951; this bronze version cast in 1967
Provenance
Zabriskie Gallery, New York (acquired from the artist).
Harold and Natalie Venokur, New York (acquired from the above); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 7 October 1991, lot 84.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Harold and Natalie Venokur, New York (acquired from the above); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 7 October 1991, lot 84.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
W. Spies, S. and G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, p. 184, no. 2652.I (concrete version illustrated; dated 1948).
J. Pech, Max Ernst: Plastische Werke, Cologne, 2005, p. 114 (another cast illustrated; dated 1948).
J. Pech, Max Ernst: Plastische Werke, Cologne, 2005, p. 114 (another cast illustrated; dated 1948).
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.
Présenté par
Emmanuelle Loulmet
Specialist, Head of the Impressionist and Modern Day Sale