Max Ernst
La Parisienne
Estimate
350,000 - 450,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Max Ernst
1891 - 1976
La Parisienne
inscribed Max Ernst, numbered 2/9 and with the foundry mark Susse Fond Paris
bronze
height: 78.5 cm. 30⅞ in.
Conceived in 1950; this example cast by Susse Fondeur, Paris between 1958 and 1973. This work is number 2 from an edition of 9 plus 1 zero cast and 4 lettered HC casts.
Dr. Jürgen Pech has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Alexander Iolas, Paris
Acquired from the above on 14 April 1978 by the present owner
Michel-Louis Conil, ''Max Ernst,'' Informations et documents, no. 15, Paris, October 1954, p. 21, plaster illustrated
Michel Seuphor, La sculpture de ce siècle, Neuchâtel, 1959, p. 262, another cast illustrated
John Russell, Max Ernst, Leben und Werk, Cologne, 1966, no. 135, n.p., another cast illustrated
Abram Lerner, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, New York, 1974, no. 596, p. 416, another cast illustrated
Sarane Alexandrian, Max Ernst, Paris, 1986, p. 130, another cast illustrated
Werner Spies, Sigrid Metken and Günter Metken, Max Ernst: Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, no. 2665.2, p. 190, another cast illustrated
Susanne Kaufmann, Im Spannungsfeld von Fläche und Raum, Studien zur Wechselwirkung von Malerei und Skulptur im Werk von Max Ernst, Weimar, 2003, no. 213, p. 355, another cast illustrated in a photograph of the 1996 Rivoli exhibition
Jürgen Pech, Max Ernst, Plastische Werke, Cologne, 2005, pp. 126-7, another cast illustrated
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