Coquillage mer verte
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Max Ernst
1891 - 1976
Coquillage mer verte
signed max ernst and dated 64-65 (lower right); dated 1965 and inscribed une armée de harengs (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
62.4 by 76 cm. 23⅝ by 29⅞ in.
Executed in 1964-65.
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above on 15 January 1985 by the present owner
Werner Spies, Sigrid Metken, Günter Metken and Jürgen Pech, Max Ernst: Werke 1964-1969, Cologne, 2007, no. 4026, p. 92, illustrated
Bologna, Galleria de' Foscherari, Max Ernst, 1970, no. 19, n.p., illustrated
Athens, Aithousa Technis Athinon, Max Ernst, 1978, no. 7
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