Modern Evening Auction
Modern Evening Auction
Property of Private Midwestern Collector
Max Ernst
La Terre est une femme
Auction Closed
May 17, 12:56 AM GMT
Estimate
700,000 - 1,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of Private Midwestern Collector
Max Ernst
1891 - 1976
La Terre est une femme
signed Max Ernst and dated 63 (lower right)
oil on canvas
25 ⅝ by 21 ⅛ in. 65.2 by 53.8 cm.
Executed in 1963.
Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris
George Embiricos, Lausanne (acquired from the above)
Sotheby’s, New York, 8 November 2012, lot 34 (consigned by the estate of the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
George Embiricos, Lausanne (acquired from the above)
Sotheby’s, New York, 8 November 2012, lot 34 (consigned by the estate of the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Werner Spies, Die Rückkehr der Schönen Gärtnerin, Max Ernst 1950-1970, Cologne, 1971, p. 67, illustrated in color
Edward Quinn, Max Ernst, Paris, 1976, no. 416, pp. 335-36, illustrated in color
Werner Spies, Günter Metken and Sigrid Metken, Max Ernst, Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3689, p. 311, illustrated
Edward Quinn, Max Ernst, Paris, 1976, no. 416, pp. 335-36, illustrated in color
Werner Spies, Günter Metken and Sigrid Metken, Max Ernst, Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3689, p. 311, illustrated
Paris, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Max Ernst: Cap Capricorne, 1964, no. 7, illustrated in color