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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Naissance d'un nuage
Details
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Naissance d'un nuage
signed and inscribed 'naissance d'un nuage max ernst' (on the reverse)
oil and décalcomanie on panel
8 5⁄8 x 6 ¼ in. (22 x 15.8 cm.)
Painted in 1950
Naissance d'un nuage
signed and inscribed 'naissance d'un nuage max ernst' (on the reverse)
oil and décalcomanie on panel
8 5⁄8 x 6 ¼ in. (22 x 15.8 cm.)
Painted in 1950
Provenance
Galleria Iolas, Milan.
Galleria Blu, Milan.
Private collection; sale, Sotheby's, London, 27 March 1985, lot 199.
Galerie Artcurial, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Galerie Dreiseitel, Cologne.
Acquired from the above; sale, Sotheby's, London, 27 June 2001, lot 170.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Galleria Blu, Milan.
Private collection; sale, Sotheby's, London, 27 March 1985, lot 199.
Galerie Artcurial, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Galerie Dreiseitel, Cologne.
Acquired from the above; sale, Sotheby's, London, 27 June 2001, lot 170.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, no. 2868, p. 290 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Artcurial, L'aventure surréaliste autour d'André Breton, May - July 1986, p. 164 (illustrated p. 108; dated '1955').
Offerto da
Olivia Vonberg
Specialist, Head of Works on Paper Sale