Lot Essay
Executed in plaster in 1973 and cast in bronze in 1975. This double-sided bronze also exists in black and brown patinas, each in an edition of 1/18 plus two preuves d'artistes and one preuve d'essai.
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Janus
Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Janus
inscribed with the signature, stamped with the foundry mark and inscribed 'max ernst C. Valsuani Cire Perdue p. d'essai' (on the base)
bronze with black patina
17in. (43.2cm.) high
Conceived in plaster in 1973 and cast in bronze in 1975. This double-sided bronze also exists in black and brown patinas, each version in a numbered edition of eighteen plus two 'preuves d'artistes' and one 'preuves d'essai'.
Janus
inscribed with the signature, stamped with the foundry mark and inscribed 'max ernst C. Valsuani Cire Perdue p. d'essai' (on the base)
bronze with black patina
17in. (43.2cm.) high
Conceived in plaster in 1973 and cast in bronze in 1975. This double-sided bronze also exists in black and brown patinas, each version in a numbered edition of eighteen plus two 'preuves d'artistes' and one 'preuves d'essai'.
Provenance
Jacques Putman, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
E. Quinn, Max Ernst, Boston 1977, pp. 18-23, (the plaster cast illustrated p. 233).
Exh. cat., Cavaliero Fine Arts, New York, Max Ernst Sculpture 1934-1974, 1987, no. 57 (another cast illustrated p. 44).
Exh. cat., Cavaliero Fine Arts, New York, Max Ernst Sculpture 1934-1974, 1987, no. 57 (another cast illustrated p. 44).