Max Ernst, L'oiseau

Frottage, Pencil on paper

Image: 19 × 12 cm | 7 1/2 × 4 3/4 in
Sheet: 26,7 × 21 cm | 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 in

Signed

Catalogue Raisonné by Spies/Metken 1979 no. 1750

€45,000.00

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Provenance

Goodman Gallery, London; Roland, Browse & Delbanco Gallery, London (1946); George Melly, London; F. H. Mayor Gallery, London; Sotheby‘s, London (Auction 7 Apr. 1976, lot 161); Private Collection Pennsylvania (1976-2022)

Exhibitions
Literature
  • Galerie Ludorff, "Portfolio No.1 - A Collection of Drawings", Düsseldorf 2026, S. 22
  • Galerie Ludorff, "Kunst im Rheinland", Düsseldorf 2023, S. 20
  • Werner Spies/Sigrid & Günter Metken, "Max Ernst Œuvre-Katalog Werke 1929-1938", Bd. IV, Houston/Köln 1979, S. 359

About Max Ernst

As a German painter, graphic artist and sculptor, co-founder of the Cologne Dada Group, Max Ernst is also one of the most important members of the surrealist movement in Paris.

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