Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale Including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso
Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale Including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso
Avatars & Allegories: Property from the Estate of Pierre M. Schlumberger
Max Ernst
Untitled (The Birth of Venus)
Lot Closed
March 26, 12:16 PM GMT
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Avatars & Allegories: Property from the Estate of Pierre M. Schlumberger
Max Ernst
1891 - 1976
Untitled (The Birth of Venus)
signed max ernst (lower right)
oil on panel
32.7 by 41.4cm., 12⅞ by 16¼in.
Framed: 44.5 by 55.5cm., 17½ by 21⅞in.
Painted in 1969.
Dr. Jürgen Pech has confirmed the authenticity of this work, which will be included in the supplementary volume of the Complete Works of Max Ernst now in preparation, edited by Prof. Dr Werner Spies in collaboration with Dr. Jürgen Pech and Sigrid Metken.
Acquired from the above by Mr and Mrs Pierre M. Schlumberger in 1969