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La génie de la Bastille
Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
La génie de la Bastille
signed and numbered 'Max Ernst 2/3' (on the top of the base) and inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 15¼ in. (38.7 cm.)
Length: 22½ in. (57.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1960; this bronze version cast by 1962
La génie de la Bastille
signed and numbered 'Max Ernst 2/3' (on the top of the base) and inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 15¼ in. (38.7 cm.)
Length: 22½ in. (57.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1960; this bronze version cast by 1962
Provenance
Gimpel Fils, London.
Private collection, Tokyo (acquired from the above, 1962).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1963.
Private collection, Tokyo (acquired from the above, 1962).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1963.
Literature
J. Russell, Max Ernst, Life and Work, New York, 1967, p. 352, no. 140 (another cast illustrated, fig. 140).
W. Spies, S. and G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, p. 405, no. 3819,I (another cast illustrated).
W. Spies, S. and G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, p. 405, no. 3819,I (another cast illustrated).