Art Impressionniste et Moderne Day Auction

Art Impressionniste et Moderne Day Auction

Property from a Private German Collection I Provenant d'une Collection Particulière Allemande

Max Ernst

Janus

Lot Closed

October 23, 12:23 PM GMT

Estimate

26,000 - 30,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private German Collection

Max Ernst

1891 - 1976

Janus


signed max ernst, numbered 10/18 and stamped with the foundry mark CIRE A. VALSUANI PERDUE

bronze

height: 43,5 cm; 17⅛ in.

Conceived at the end of May 1974 in an edition of 20 plus 8 artist's proofs with a black patina.


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 Dr. Sigrid Metken.

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Provenant d'une Collection Particulière Allemande

Max Ernst

1891 - 1976

Janus


signé max ernst, numéroté 10/18 et porte la marque du fondeur CIRE A. VALSUANI PERDUE

bronze

hauteur: 43,5 cm; 17⅛ in.

Conçu fin mai 1974 dans une édition de 20 exemplaires plus 8 épreuves d'artiste avec une patine noire.


Dr. Jürgen Pech a confirmé l'authenticité de cette œuvre qui sera incluse dans le volume supplémentaire de l'édition The Complete Works of Max Ernst actuellement en cours de préparation, édité par le Prof. Dr. Werner Spies en collaboration avec Dr. Jürgen Pech et Dr. Sigrid Metken.

Sale: Sotheby's, London, October 17, 1990, lot 170

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Max Ernst (exhibition catalogue), Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 1975, no. 320, another version illustrated p. 153

Max Ernst, Bilder, Collagen, Grafiken, Plastiken, (exhibition catalogue), Junior Galerie, Hannover, 1976, no. 93, another version illustrated p. 42

Edward Quinn, Max Ernst, Paris, 1976, another version illustrated p. 23

Max Ernst from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Ernst (exhibition catalogue), Glenbow Museum, Calgary, 1979-80, no. 42, another version illustrated p. 48

Max Ernst (exhibition catalogue), Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, 1983, no. 141, another version illustrated p. 170

Kunst nach 45 aus Frankfurter Privatbesitz (exhibition catalogue), Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, 1983, another version illustrated p. 126

Max Ernst, Sculpture 1934-1974 (exhibition catalogue), Cavaliero Fine Arts, New York, 1987, no. 57, another version illustrated p. 44

Max Ernst, The Sculpture (exhibition catalogue), Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburg, 1990, no. 57, another version illustrated p. 44

Max Ernst, The Sculpture (exhibition catalogue), Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport beach, 1992, no. 57, another version illustrated p. 44

Max Ernst, Skulptur (exhibition catalogue), Konsthall, Malmö, 1995-96, another version illustrated p. 184-85

Max Ernst, Sculture/Sculptures (exhibition catalogue), Museo d'Arte Contemporaneo, Castello di Rivoli, 1996, another version illustrated p. 186

Max Ernst, Esculturas, obras sobre papel, obras gràficas (exhibition catalogue), Museo Brasileiro da Escultura Marilisa Rathsam, Sao Paulo, 1997, no. 53, another version illustrated p. 100-01

Max Ernst, Skulpturen (exhibition catalogue), Stadtgalerie, Klagenfurt, 1997, another version illustrated p. 146-47

Max Ernst, esculturas sculptures (exhibition catalogue), Fundaçao Arpad Szenes-Vieira da Silva, Lisbon, 1999-2000, no. 172, another version illustrated p. 118

Max Ernst, The Surrealist Universe in Sculpture, Painting and Photography (exhibition catalogue), Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo, 2000, no. S-60, another version illustrated p. 79

Max Ernst (exhibition catalogue), Okazaki City Museum, Okazaki, 2001, no. 3-60, another version illustrated p. 152

Susanne Kaufmann, Im Spannungsfeld von Fläche und Raum, Studien zur Wechselwirkung von Malerei und Skulptur im Werk von Max Ernst, Weimar, 2003, another version illustrated p. 293

Jurgen Pech, Max Ernst, Plastische Werke, Cologne, 2005, another version illustrated p. 208

Beyond Painting, Max Ernst in the Würth Collection (exhibition catalogue), Museo Picasso, Malaga, 2008-09, no. 57, another version illustrated p. 223

Max Ernst in der Sammlung Würth (exhibition catalogue), Kunsthalle, Würth, 2009-10, another version illustrated p. 336

Max Ernst (exhibition catalogue), Palazzo Reale, Milan, 2022-23, another version illustrated p. 394

Max Ernst. Mondes magiques, mondes libérés (exhibition catalogue), Hôtel de Caumont, Aix-en-Provence, 2023, another version illustrated p. 151

Max Ernst. Malerei. Grafik. Skulptur. (exhibition catalogue), Stadtturmgalerie, Gmünd, 2023, another version illustrated p. 139


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