MAX ERNST | ROI, REINE ET FOU

Lot Closed

December 17, 05:27 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

MAX ERNST

(1891 - 1976)

ROI, REINE ET FOU

Inscribed max ernst, numbered 19/35 and stamped with the foundry mark A. Valsuani cire perdue

Bronze

Length: 11¾ in.

29.8 cm

Conceived circa 1929-30 and cast in the early 1970s in an edition of 35 plus 8 artist's proofs by the Valsuani Foundry, Paris.

Dr. Jürgen Pech has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Sale: Christie's, New York, October 2, 1990, lot 216

Acquired at the above sale

Werner Spies, Sigrid & Günter Metken, Max Ernst Oeuvre-katalog, Werke 1929-1938, no. 1683, illustration of another cast p. 61