Lot Essay
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Kopf Y (Sedona)
Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Kopf Y (Sedona)
signed, dated and numbered 'Max Ernst 48 I/III' (on top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 8¼ in. (21 cm.)
Conceived in 1948; this bronze version cast circa 1967-1968
Kopf Y (Sedona)
signed, dated and numbered 'Max Ernst 48 I/III' (on top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 8¼ in. (21 cm.)
Conceived in 1948; this bronze version cast circa 1967-1968
Provenance
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York.
By bequest from the above to the present owner, 1986.
By bequest from the above to the present owner, 1986.
Literature
W. Spies, Max Ernst Oeuvre-Katalog Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, p. 189, no. 2663.I (another cast illustrated)
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