Lot Essay
The masterful combination of medium in Paysage evokes Ernst's exploration of natural forms through automatist techniques, capturing the atmospheric intensity central to his mature Surrealist practice.
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Paysage
Details
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Paysage
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
gouache, watercolour and décalcomanie on paper
6 ¼ x 6 5⁄8 in. (16 x 16.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1963.
Paysage
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
gouache, watercolour and décalcomanie on paper
6 ¼ x 6 5⁄8 in. (16 x 16.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1963.
Provenance
Lucien Leroy, Paris, and thence by descent; their sale, Artcurial, Paris, 5 June 2014, lot 175.
with Vedovi Gallery, Brussels.
Acquired from the above for the present collection in March 2015.
with Vedovi Gallery, Brussels.
Acquired from the above for the present collection in March 2015.
Brought to you by
Elizabeth Comba
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