Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Initiale M
signed and dated 'max ernst 65' (lower right)
crayon and frottage on paper
10½ x 8¼ in. (26.7 x 20.9 cm.)
Executed in 1965
Initiale M
signed and dated 'max ernst 65' (lower right)
crayon and frottage on paper
10½ x 8¼ in. (26.7 x 20.9 cm.)
Executed in 1965
Provenance
Collection of the artist.
Jean Hugues, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 22 June 1990, lot 427.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Jean Hugues, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 22 June 1990, lot 427.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
W. Spies, S. Metken, Max Ernst, Oeuvre-katalog, Werke 1964-1969, Cologne, 2007, no. 4099 (illustrated p. 129).
Sao Paulo, Museo Brasiliero da Escultura Marilisa, Max Ernst: esculturas, obras sobre papel, obras gráficas, 15 July-7 September 1997 (illustrated p. 25).
Sao Paulo, Museo Brasiliero da Escultura Marilisa, Max Ernst: esculturas, obras sobre papel, obras gráficas, 15 July-7 September 1997 (illustrated p. 25).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.