Max Ernst

Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired in May 1973)

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above on 15 January 1986)

Private Collection, United States

Christie's, London, 9 February 2011, lot 112 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Basel, Wenkenpark, Skulptur im 20. Jahrhundert, 1984, p. 94, illustration another cast

Exh. Cat., Paris, Galerie Charles Ratton, Exposition surréaliste d’objets, 1936

Exh. Cat., New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Fantastic Art Dada Surrealism, 1936-37, no. 371, p. 224

“Max Ernst, Oeuvres de 1919 a 1936,” Cahiers d'art, Paris, 1937, p. 89, illustration of the plaster

Exh. Cat., Tokyo, Nippon Salon, Album surréaliste. Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme, 1937, no. 43, p. 110; p. 41, illustration of the plaster

Exh. Cat., New York, Coordinating Council of French Relief Societies, First papers of Surrealism, 1942

Alfred Barr, Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1948, p. 292, illustration of the plaster

Robert Motherwell, ed., Max Ernst: Beyond Painting. And the other Writings by the Artist and his Friends, New York, 1948, p. XIII; p. 85, illustration of the plaster

Exh. Cat., New York, The Museum of Modern Art and The Art Institute of Chicago, Max Ernst, 1961, no. 156, p. 56

Exh. Cat., Paris, Le Point Cardinal, Max Ernst, Oeuvre sculpté 1913-1961, 1961, no. 17, illustration of the plaster

André Ferrier, “Max Ernst sculpteur”, L’Oeil: Revue d’art mensuelle, no. 84, December 1961, pp. 66 and 68-69; p. 67, illustration of the plaster

Exh. Cat., New York, The Jewish Museum, Max Ernst: Sculpture and Recent Painting, 1966, p. 47, illustration of the plaster; p. 51

Lucy R. Lippard, “Max Ernst and a sculpture of fantasy,” Art International, vol. XI, February 1967, p. 38; p. 39, illustration of the plaster

John Russell, Max Ernst, Life and Work, London, 1967, no. 125, p. 352; p. 328, illustration of the plaster

William S. Rubin, Dada and Surrealist Art, London, 1969, no. 246, p. 257, illustration of the plaster 

Exh. Cat., Hamburg, Kunsthalle, Max Ernst, Das innere Gesicht, 1970, p. 34

René de Solier, “Max Ernst sculpteur”, Hommage á Max Ernst, XXe siècle, Paris, 1971, pp. 127-31; p. 129, illustration of another cast

H. H. Arnason, History of Modern Art. Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography, New York, 1971, no. 442, p. 308, illustration of the plaster

Exh. Cat., Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Surréalisme et Peinture, 1974, no. 17, p. 18; p. 72, illustrated

Exh. Cat., Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Max Ernst, 1974, no. 61, p. 97; p. 73, illustrated

Exh. Cat., New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Max Ernst: A Retrospective, 1975, no. 173, p. 174, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Paris, Grand-Palais, Max Ernst, 1975, no. 216, p. 162; p. 93, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Tokyo, The Seibu Museum of Art and Kobe, Museum of Modern Art Hyogo, Exhibition of Works by Max Ernst, 1977, no. 85, p. 139 

Munich, Haus der Kunst and Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Max Ernst, Retrospektive 1979, 1979, no. 230, p. 302

Werner Spies, Sigrid Metken and Günter Metken, ed., Max Ernst Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1929-1938, vol. IV, Cologne, 1979, no. 2161.1, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Berlin, Staatlichen Kunsthalle, Bildhauertechniken, Dimensionen des Plastischen, 1981, p. 61, illustration of another cast 

Andreas Franzke, Skulpturen und Objekte von Malern des 20. Jahrhunderts, Cologne, 1982, no. 92, p. 110 (titled Mondspargel)

Exh. Cat., Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Max Ernst, 1983, no. 59, p. 140; p. 158, illustration of another cast

William Rubin, ed., Primitivismus in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Munich, 1984, no. 835, p. 575, illustration of the plaster cast

Johannes auf der Lake, Skulpturen von Max Ernst, Frankfurt am Main, Bern and New York, 1986, pp. 85-87; no. 15, illustration of the plaster cast

Exh. Cat., New York, Cavaliero Fine Arts, Max Ernst, Sculpture 1934-1974, 1987, no. 8, p. 9, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Edinburgh, Fruitmarket Gallery, Max Ernst, The Sculpture, 1990, no. 8, p. 21, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., London, The Tate Gallery; Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie; Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen and Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Max Ernst, A Retrospective, 1991-92, no. 183, p. 379; p. 212, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Newport Beach, Newport Harbor Art Museum; University of California at Berkeley, University Art Museum and Indianapolis Museum of Art, Max Ernst, The Sculpture, 1992-93, no. 8, p. 21, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Tokyo, The Yomiuri Shimbun Contemporary Sculpture Center, Max Ernst, Sculpture Exhibition, 1994, no. 6, p. 42; p. 20, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Passions Privées, Collections particulières d’art moderne et contemporain en France, 1995-96, no. A 45,9, p. 398; p. 399, illustration of another cast 

Exh. Cat., Malmö, Konsthall, Max Ernst, Skulptur, 1995-96, pp. 218-19, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., West Bretton, Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Max Ernst: Sculpture 1929-1974, Frottages, Photographs, 1996, p. 6, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Milan, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Max Ernst, Sculpture—Sculptures, 1996, p. 134, illustration of another cast; p. 189 

Lars Schwander, ed., Sjældne værker—Rare Works—Oeuvres Rares, Copenhagen, 1996, pp. 22-23, illustration of the plaster

Exh. Cat, Thessaloniki, Municipal Art Gallery, Max Ernst—Sculptures, 1997, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., São Paulo, Museo Brasileiro da Escultura Marilisa Rathsam, Max Ernst, Esculturas, obras sobre papel, obras gráficas, 1997, no. 9, p. 37; p. 53, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Klagenfurt, Max Ernst, Skulpturen, 1997, p. 178; p. 91, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Max Ernst in Beeld / Max Ernst’s Sculptures, 1997-98

Exh. Cat., Heino/Wijhe, Hannema-de Stuers Fundatie, Max Ernst Beelden, 1998

Exh. Cat., Paris, Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou and Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Max Ernst, Sculptures, Maisons, Paysages, 1998, no. 59, p. 313; p. 110, illustration of another cast; p. 111, illustration of the plaster

Exh. Cat., Berlin, Nationalgalerie and Munich, Haus der Kunst, Max Ernst, Die Retrospektive, 1999, no. 135, pp. 194 - 195, illustration of another cast 

Exh. Cat., Lisbon, Fundação Arpad Szenes-Vieira da Silva, Max Ernst, esculturas sculptures, 1999-2000, p. 85; p. 29, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Tokyo Station Gallery, Max Ernst, The Surrealist Universe in Sculpture, Painting and Photography, 2000, no. S-10, p. 162; p. 36, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Okazaki City Museum; Wakayama, The Museum of Modern Art, Max Ernst, 2001, no. 3-10, p. 247; p. 108, illustration of another cast

Susanne Kaufmann, Im Spannungsfeld von Fläche und Raum, Studien zur Wechselwirkung von Malerei und Skulptur im Werk von Max Ernst, Weimar, 2003, p. 120; no. 135, p. 232; p. 313, illustration of the plaster

Exh. Cat., Paris, Galerie Daniel Malingue, Max Ernst, 2003, p. 150; p. 151, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Berlin, Vertretung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen beim Bund, Max Ernst, Skulpturen, 2003, p. 5, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Apolda, Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde, and Hamburg, Ernst Barlach Haus—Stiftung Hermann F. Reemtsma, Max Ernst, Traumlandschaften, 2004, no. 61, p. 117; p. 106, illustration of another cast

Jürgen Pech, Max Ernst: Plastische Werke, Cologne, 2005, pp. 36-37, illustration of another cast 

Exh. Cat., Basel, Museum Tinguely, Max Ernst. Im Garten der Nymphe Ancolie, 2007-08, no. 2161, p. 158, illustration of the plaster cast; p. 220

Exh. Cat., Stockholm, Moderna Museet and Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Max Ernst - Dream and Revolution, 2008-09, no. 2161, p. 97, illustration of the plaster; p. 251

Exh. Cat., Frankfurt am Main, Städel Museum, Schwarze Romantik. Von Goya bis Max Ernst, 2012-13, no. 194, p. 262, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Vienna, Albertina, and Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Max Ernst—Retrospektive, 2013, no. 177, p. 348; p. 298, illustration of another cast