Max Ernst (1891-1976) and Yvette Cauquil-Prince (1928-2005)

Nature at Dawn

細節

Max Ernst (1891-1976) and Yvette Cauquil-Prince (1928-2005)
Nature at Dawn
with signature 'Max Ernst' (in the weave lower left); titled, numbered and signed by the master-weaver 'Nature at Dawn 0/1 Yvette Cauquil-Prince' (on a label attached to the reverse)
hand-woven wool tapestry
77¼ x 109 in. (196.3 x 277 cm.)
Executed in 1975 in an edition of two numbered 0/1-1/1

來源

Max Ernst, Paris. Jimmy Ernst, New York (by descent from the artist).

出版

Max Ernst Woven by Yvette Cauquil-Prince, exh. cat., Milwaukee Art Center, U.C. Irvine Arts Gallery and Philadelphia Civic Center, 1978, no. 7 (another tapestry illustrated).

拍品專文

This tapestry is based on the 1936 painting La nature à l'aurore by Max Ernst (Spies, Werke 1929-1938, no. 2269; Private collection). It was a collaborative work woven by Yvette Cauquil-Prince under the supervision of Max Ernst.