Max Ernst

Dorothea Tanning, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

New York, Kent Gallery, All in this Together: Dorothea Tanning and Friends, 2009

Alain Bosquet, Max Ernst: Œuvre-Sculpté, 1913-1961, Paris, 1961, no. 40
Gualtieri di San Lazzaro (ed.), Hommage à Max Ernst, Paris, 1971, illustration of another cast p. 131
Max Ernst (exhibition catalogue), Galeries Nationales du Grand-Palais, Paris, 1975, no. 293, illustration of another cast p. 141
Max Ernst (exhibition catalogue), Fondation Maeght, Saint Paul de Vence, 1983, no. 103, illustration of another cast p. 165
Max Ernst Sculpture, 1934-1974 (exhibition catalogue), Cavaliero Fine Arts, New York, 1987, no. 36, illustration of another cast p. 29
Max Ernst Sculptures (exhibition catalogue), Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, 1996, illustration of another cast p.169
Werner Spies & Sigrid Metken, Max Ernst Œuvre-Katalog, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, vol. V, no. 3816,I, illustration of another cast p. 403
Werner Spies (et al.), Max Ernst: sculptures, maisons, paysages, Paris, 1998, no. 108, illustration of another cast p. 188 (titled Sous les ponts de Paris)
Jürgen Pech, Max Ernst - Plastische Werke, Cologne, 2005, illustration of another cast p. 151
Max Ernst, Im Garten der Nymphe Ancolie (exhibition catalogue), Museum Tinguely, Basel, 2008, illustration of another cast p. 176
Max Ernst, Dream and Revolution (exhibition catalogue), Moderna Museet, Stockholm & Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, 2009, illustration of another cast p. 202


The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Dr Jürgen Pech.

Attractive dark brown patina. There are a few very minor nicks and scratches to the upper left of the work and a small area of patina rubbing to the reverse. There are some uneven areas, probably inherent to the casting process. This work is in very good condition.
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'[Sculpture] is like a child's game. I play as if with sand on the beach. I place the forms in a mold and then the game of anthropomorphism begins.'

Max Ernst (quoted in Max Ernst: Sculptures (exhibition catalogue), Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, 1996, p. 51)