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Sphères d'innocence
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Sphères d'innocence
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)'; signed 'max ernst' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
12 x 9¼in. (30.5 x 23.5cm.)
Painted in 1957
Sphères d'innocence
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)'; signed 'max ernst' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
12 x 9¼in. (30.5 x 23.5cm.)
Painted in 1957
Provenance
Alexandre Iolas, New York.
Galleria Levi, Milan.
Galerie Melki, Paris (743).
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1975.
Galleria Levi, Milan.
Galerie Melki, Paris (743).
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1975.
Literature
W. Spies & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1954 - 1963, Cologne 1998, no. 3274 (illustrated p. 118).
Exhibited
New York, Alexandre Iolas Gallery, Max Ernst, 1957.
London, Mayor Gallery, Max Ernst, April 1959, no. 16.
London, Mayor Gallery, Max Ernst, July 1973, no. 10 (illustrated in colour on the dustjacket).
Rome, Agenzia d'arte moderna, Dicianove opere scelte di due maestri del surrealismo, May-June 1974, no. 6 (illustrated).
London, Mayor Gallery, Max Ernst, April 1959, no. 16.
London, Mayor Gallery, Max Ernst, July 1973, no. 10 (illustrated in colour on the dustjacket).
Rome, Agenzia d'arte moderna, Dicianove opere scelte di due maestri del surrealismo, May-June 1974, no. 6 (illustrated).
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