Max Ernst (1891-1976)

Le chant de la grenouilles (the song of the frog)

Price realised GBP 1,273,250
Estimate
GBP 1,200,000 – GBP 1,800,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)

Le chant de la grenouilles (the song of the frog)

Price realised GBP 1,273,250
Closed: 6 Feb 2013
Price realised GBP 1,273,250
Closed: 6 Feb 2013
Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Le chant de la grenouilles (the song of the frog)
signed and dated 'max ernst 57' (lower right); signed again and titled 'the song of the frog Max Ernst' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 92 cm.)
Painted in 1957
Provenance
Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York.
Sale, Sotheby's, London, 2 December 1986, lot 76.
Barnet Hodes, Chicago.
Richard Feigen Gallery, New York.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 2 February 2004, lot 70.
Private collection, United States; sale, Christie's, New York, 6 November 2007, lot 79.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3314, p. 139 (illustrated).
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. VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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