Lot 423
  • 423

Max Ernst

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Max Ernst
  • Habakuk
  • Inscribed max ernst, dated 1934, numbered 3/6 and inscribed MA, 96, P

  • Bronze
  • Height: 19 5/8 in.
  • 49.9 cm

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Acquired from the above by the present owners

Literature

Werner Spies, Max Ernst, Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1929-1938, Cologne, 1979, no. 2155.2, illustration of another cast p. 305

Condition

Very good condition. Bronze with mottled, deep golden patina. The surface of the bronze is slightly dusty. There is some investment visible in the vertical and horizontal crevices of the bronze, which could benefit from a cleaning.
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