Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Deux hommes oiseaux
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
frottage on paper
10.7/8 x 7¾ in. (27.7 x 19.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1950
Provenance
Hélène Anavi Collection of Surrealist and Post-war Art; sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 March 1984, lot 74.
The New Art Centre, London.
Nohra Haime Gallery, New York.
Lot Essay
W. Spies, Max Ernst, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, p. 271, no. 2832 (illustrated).
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