Max Ernst | Marie-Berthe Aurenche
Ballon-Cœur
Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Max Ernst and Marie-Berthe Aurenche
1891 - 1976 / 1906 - 1960
Ballon-Cœur
signed Marie Berthe Max Ernst (lower right)
oil on canvas
72.7 by 59.9 cm. 28⅝ by 23⅝ in.
Executed in 1930.
Dr. Jürgen Pech has confirmed the authenticity of this work, which will be included in the supplementary volume of the Complete Works of Max Ernst now in preparation, edited by Prof. Dr. Werner Spies in collaboration with Dr. Jürgen Pech and Sigrid Metken.
Formerly in the collection of Kurt and Arlette Seligmann.
Kurt and Arlette Seligmann, Paris, New York and Sugar Loaf (Orange Country)
Christie's, New York, Dada and Surrealist Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection of Kurt and Arlette Seligmann, 3 November 1993, lot 258 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
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