Lot Essay
Study for the (unrealised) poster for the exhibition Max Ernst: Oeuvre sculpté 1913-1961 at the Le Point Cardinal gallery in Paris.
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
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signed and inscribed 'ÊTES VOUS NINICHE? MAX ERNST LE POINT CARDINAL' (within the composition)
wax crayon on paper
21 3/4 x 17 1/8 in. (55.3 x 44 cm.)
Executed in 1961
Êtes-vous Niniche?
signed and inscribed 'ÊTES VOUS NINICHE? MAX ERNST LE POINT CARDINAL' (within the composition)
wax crayon on paper
21 3/4 x 17 1/8 in. (55.3 x 44 cm.)
Executed in 1961
Provenance
Jean Hughes, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Kornfeld, Bern, 21-23 June 1989, lot 371.
Galerie Arenthon, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Kornfeld, Bern, 21-23 June 1989, lot 371.
Galerie Arenthon, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
W. Spies, S. & J. Metken, Max Ernst, vol. VI, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3608, p. 290 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Milan, Galleria del Credito Valtellinese, Max Ernst da collezioni francesi e italiane, November 1996 - February 1997, no. 40, p. 93 (illustrated).
São Paulo, Museo Brasileiro da Escultura Marilisa Rathsam, Max Ernst: Esculturas, obras sobre papel, obras gráficas, July - September 1997, no. 80, p. 128 (illustrated).
São Paulo, Museo Brasileiro da Escultura Marilisa Rathsam, Max Ernst: Esculturas, obras sobre papel, obras gráficas, July - September 1997, no. 80, p. 128 (illustrated).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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