Max Ernst

signed Max Ernst and dedicated à Jacques Hérold
oil and varnish on paper and framed by Jacques Hérold
6 by 5cm.

Jacques Hérold, Paris (acquired from the artist and sold: Me Renaud, Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, November 13, 1998, lot 96)
Acquired at the above sale

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Sueños de tinta. Oscar Dominguez y la decalcomanía del deseo, 1993, no. 4 (titled Serie microbios)

Oil on wove paper, laid down on card and floating in the mount. There is a tiny paper loss to the lower left edge and the lower left corner is slightly folded. There is a small glue residue to the upper right corner due to the laying down process. Otherwise this work is in good condition. Original owner’s frame. A shell has been lost from the lower left corner and there is a small loss to the upper edge of a shell to the upper right and to a shell at the centre left of the frame. There is wear to the gilt in areas and to all edges of the frame. There are a few further scattered and minor losses.
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