Lot 141
  • 141

Max Ernst

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Max Ernst
  • Ohne Titel (Untitled)
  • signed max ernst (lower right)
  • pencil and frottage on paper
  • 27.1 by 21cm., 10 5/8 by 8 1/4 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Milan
Sale: Christie's, South Kensington, 7th February 2014, lot 2
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

São Paulo, Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, Max Ernst: esculturas, obras sobre papel, obras gráficas, 1997, no. 81, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Werner Spies, Sigrid & Günter Metken, Jürgen Pech (ed.), Max Ernst, Œuvre-Katalog, Werke 1964-1969, Cologne, 2007, vol. VII, no. 4522, illustrated p. 341

Condition

Executed on cream laid paper, not laid down and attached to the mount at each corner. The sheet is lightly time stained. There is a further area of staining towards the upper right corner and a minor area at the centre of the composition. There are some small, scattered spots of foxing in places. This work is in overall good condition.
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