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Léda et le cygne
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Léda et le cygne
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
oil on canvas
9 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. (24 x 19 cm.)
Painted in 1927
Léda et le cygne
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
oil on canvas
9 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. (24 x 19 cm.)
Painted in 1927
Provenance
Acquired by the grandfather of the present owners in the 1930s.
Literature
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1925-1929, Cologne, 1976, no. 1086 (illustrated p. 152).
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Max Ernst: Dada and the Dawn of Surrealism, March - May 1993, no. 204 (illustrated in colour pl. 191); this exhibition later travelled to Houston, The Menil Collection, May - August 1993, and Chicago, The Art Institute, September - November 1993.
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