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Max Ernst (1891-1976)

C'est assez beau comme ça

Price realised GBP 290,500
Estimate
GBP 120,000 – GBP 180,000
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)

C'est assez beau comme ça

Price realised GBP 290,500
Closed: 4 Feb 2015
Price realised GBP 290,500
Closed: 4 Feb 2015
Details
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
C'est assez beau comme ça
signed and dated 'max ernst 55' (lower right)
oil on masonite
23 3/4 x 14 1/8 in. (60.3 x 35.8 cm.)
Painted in 1955
Provenance
Aram D. Mouradian, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Paris, Palais Galliera, 16 June 1964, lot 58.
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York.
J. Marechal Brown, Villanova, PA.
La Boetie (Helen Serger), New York.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (no. 11571).
Private collection, Palm Beach.
Private collection, Paris.
Private collection, Paris, by whom acquired from the above in 1991.
Literature
Das Kunstwerk, vol. 16, no. 4, April 1956 (illustrated p. 9).
L. Zahn, Eine Geschichte der modernen Kunst, Berlin, 1958 (illustrated opposite p. 109).
J. Russell, Max Ernst: Leben und Werk, Cologne, 1968, no. 49.
E. Quinn, ed., Max Ernst, Paris, 1976, no. 340, p. 277 (illustrated).
W. Spies, S.& G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne 1998, no. 3102, p. 31 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Mouradian-Vallotton-Loeb, Max Ernst, June - July 1956, no. 31.
Cologne, Galerie der Spiegel, Max Ernst: Zweiundzwanzig Mikroben, December 1964 - February 1965, no. 4.
London, Hanover Gallery, Max Ernst: Early and Recent Paintings and Sculpture, July - August 1965, no. 40.
New York, Jewish Museum, Max Ernst: Sculpture and Recent Painting, March - April 1966, no. 2 (illustrated p. 29).
Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Max Ernst: Oltre la pittura, June - October 1966, no. 5 (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.

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