Max Ernst (1891-1976)

Details

Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Le Roi, la Reine et le Fou
signed on the base EA 4/8 Max Ernst, stamped on the edge of the base Cire Valsuani Perdue, bronze with black patina
6 x 11 5/8 x 3 5/8in. (15.3 x 29.2 x 9.2cm.)

Cast in the early 1970s as number four of eight artist's proofs. The complete edition consists of 35 plus eight artist's proofs

Literature

W. Spies, Max Ernst Ouevre-katalog, Cologne, 1979 (Werke 1929-19380, p. 61, no. 1683 (another cast illustrated)

Lot Essay

The individual figures in this sculpture were originally designed in 1929-30. A few years before he died the artist authorized the Societé de Diffusion d'Oeuvres Plastiques et Multiples, Paris, to cast a bronze edition of this three-figure grouping

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