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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Hochzeit von Himmel und Erde - Variation in Blau und Rot
Details
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Hochzeit von Himmel und Erde - Variation in Blau und Rot
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
oil, décalcomanie and Spritztechnik on panel
13 ¾ x 10 5⁄8 in. (35 x 27 cm.)
Painted circa 1962
Hochzeit von Himmel und Erde - Variation in Blau und Rot
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
oil, décalcomanie and Spritztechnik on panel
13 ¾ x 10 5⁄8 in. (35 x 27 cm.)
Painted circa 1962
Provenance
Peter Schamoni, Munich, a gift from the artist, until at least 1978.
Private collection, Germany, by whom acquired from the above; sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 February 2013, lot 41.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Private collection, Germany, by whom acquired from the above; sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 February 2013, lot 41.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
P. Schamoni, Max Ernst Maximiliana, die widerrechtliche Ausübung der Astronomie, Munich, 1974 (illustrated p. 84).
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3638, p. 305 (illustrated).
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3638, p. 305 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Tokyo, The Seibu Museum of Art, Exhibition of Works by Max Ernst, April - May 1977, no. 118 (illustrated; dated '1962'); this exhibition later travelled to Kobe, Museum of Modern Art Hyogo, June - July 1977.
Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kunstverein, Villa Böhm, Max Ernst, Abfälle vom Werk, Originale und Grafik aus der Sammlung Peter Schamoni, December 1978, n.p. (illustrated; dated '1963').
Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kunstverein, Villa Böhm, Max Ernst, Abfälle vom Werk, Originale und Grafik aus der Sammlung Peter Schamoni, December 1978, n.p. (illustrated; dated '1963').
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