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Trois cyprès faciles
Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Trois cyprès faciles
signed 'Max Ernst' (lower right) and titled '3 cyprès faciles' (lower left)
oil on canvas
18 x 147/8in. (45.7 x 37.9cm.)
Painted in 1949
Trois cyprès faciles
signed 'Max Ernst' (lower right) and titled '3 cyprès faciles' (lower left)
oil on canvas
18 x 147/8in. (45.7 x 37.9cm.)
Painted in 1949
Provenance
Given by the artist to Maurice Lefèbvre-Foinet, Paris, circa 1949-1950.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
W. Spies & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1939-1953, Houston 1987, no. 2687 (illustrated p. 202).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie René Drouin, Max Ernst, 1950, no. 46.
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Max Ernst, December 1962-March 1963, no. 82. This exhibition later travelled to Zurich, Kunsthaus, March-April 1963.
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Max Ernst, September-November 1969, no. 72. This exhibition later travelled to Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, November 1969-January 1970, no. 68 and Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, January-March 1970, no. 84.
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Max Ernst, December 1962-March 1963, no. 82. This exhibition later travelled to Zurich, Kunsthaus, March-April 1963.
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Max Ernst, September-November 1969, no. 72. This exhibition later travelled to Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, November 1969-January 1970, no. 68 and Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, January-March 1970, no. 84.