Lot Essay
Alexander Iolas was an important collector and friend of many Surrealist painters, most notably Magritte, Ernst and Brauner.
Mer et soleil
Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Mer et soleil
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
oil and collage on canvas
16 x 13in. (40.5 x 33cm.)
Executed circa 1931
Mer et soleil
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
oil and collage on canvas
16 x 13in. (40.5 x 33cm.)
Executed circa 1931
Provenance
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 April 1967, lot 73.
Crane Kalman Gallery, London.
Galerie Tarica, Paris.
Alexander Iolas, from whom inherited by the present owner.
Crane Kalman Gallery, London.
Galerie Tarica, Paris.
Alexander Iolas, from whom inherited by the present owner.
Literature
W. Spies and S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1929-1938, Cologne, 1979, no.1804 (illustrated p.123).
Exhibited
London, Crane Kalman Gallery, Paintings of Merit, May - June 1967, no. 18.