


MAX ERNST(1891-1976)Maquette pour 'Ecrits et oeuvre gravé'
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MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
signed and inscribed 'Pour Jean Hugues très cordialement Max Ernst' (lower left)
collage, pen, India ink and frottage on paper
28.2 x 19.3cm (11 1/8 x 7 5/8in).
Executed in 1963
Footnotes
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Dr Jürgen Pech. This work will be included in the forthcoming supplement to the Max Ernst catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared.
Provenance
Galerie Le Point Cardinal (Jean Hugues), Paris (a gift from the artist).
Galerie Chave, Vence.
Private collection, Paris (acquired from the above by 2010); their sale, Christie's, Paris, 22 October 2015, lot 103.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Tours, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours, Max Ernst, Le jardin de la France, 17 October 2009 – 18 January 2010.
The present work was executed as the draft for the cover of the exhibition catalogue for Max Ernst: Ecrits et oeuvre gravé at the Bibliotheque Municipale, Tours, 30 November – 31 December 1963 and Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris, 22 January – 29 February 1964.