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SELECTED WORKS FROM THE BAYER FAMILY COLLECTION
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Sun over the desert
Details
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Sun over the desert
signed 'Max Ernst' (lower right)
oil and ink and paper collage on canvas
25 5⁄8 x 21 ¼ in. (65 x 54 cm.)
Painted in 1925
Sun over the desert
signed 'Max Ernst' (lower right)
oil and ink and paper collage on canvas
25 5⁄8 x 21 ¼ in. (65 x 54 cm.)
Painted in 1925
Provenance
Julien Levy Gallery, New York, by 1938.
Joella Bayer, Aspen & Montecito, a gift from the above.
Jonathan Bayer, Aspen & London, by descent from the above, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Joella Bayer, Aspen & Montecito, a gift from the above.
Jonathan Bayer, Aspen & London, by descent from the above, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
P. Waldberg, Max Ernst, Paris, 1958, p. 134 (illustrated; titled 'Mer et soleil').
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1925-1929, Cologne, 1976, no. 992, p. 103 (illustrated).
S. Kauffman, Im Spannungsfeld von Fläche und Raum, Studien zur Wechselwirkung von Malerei und Skulptur im Werk von Max Ernst, Weimar, 2003, pp. 114, 115 & 231 (illustrated pl. 114, p. 302).
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1925-1929, Cologne, 1976, no. 992, p. 103 (illustrated).
S. Kauffman, Im Spannungsfeld von Fläche und Raum, Studien zur Wechselwirkung von Malerei und Skulptur im Werk von Max Ernst, Weimar, 2003, pp. 114, 115 & 231 (illustrated pl. 114, p. 302).
Exhibited
Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, Newer Super-Realism, November 1931.
Toledo, Museum of Art, Contemporary Movements in European Painting, November - December 1938, no. 36.
Beverley Hills, The Copley Galleries, Max Ernst: 30 Years of his Work, A Survey, January - February 1949, no. 16 (titled 'Sun and Sea' and dated '1931').
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Max Ernst: Retrospektive 1979, February - April 1979, no. 119, p. 261 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Nationalgalerie, May - July 1979.
Toledo, Museum of Art, Contemporary Movements in European Painting, November - December 1938, no. 36.
Beverley Hills, The Copley Galleries, Max Ernst: 30 Years of his Work, A Survey, January - February 1949, no. 16 (titled 'Sun and Sea' and dated '1931').
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Max Ernst: Retrospektive 1979, February - April 1979, no. 119, p. 261 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Nationalgalerie, May - July 1979.
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Ottavia Marchitelli
Senior Specialist, Head of The Art of The Surreal Sale