Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale
Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale
MAX ERNST | SHELL
Auction Closed
June 29, 05:15 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
MAX ERNST
1891 - 1976
SHELL
Signed max ernst (lower right); signed max ernst and dedicated al mio amigo Egidio (on the reverse)
Oil on panel
16¼ by 12¾ in. (41.3 by 32.3 cm)
Framed: 23¼ by 19¾ in. (59.1 by 50.2 cm)
Painted in 1965.
Egidio Constantini, Venice (a gift from the artist)
Weintraub Gallery, New York
Jakob Weintraub, New York (acquired from the above)
Jules & Gladys Reiner, Great Neck, New York (a gift from the above circa 1960s and sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 6, 2015, lot 119)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Werner Spies, Sigrid Metken, Günter Metken & Jürgen Pech, Max Ernst, Werke 1964-1969, Cologne, 2007, no. 4071, illustrated p. 115