La Plus belle
Estimate
800,000 - 1,200,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Max Ernst
1891 - 1976
La Plus belle
inscribed max ernsT and numbered 00/5
bronze
height: 180 cm. 70⅞ in.
Conceived in 1967; this example cast by the Fonderia Fratelli Bonvicini, Verona between 1969 and 1974 in an edition of 9 casts. 7 additional posthumous casts were produced by the Modern Art Foundry, Long Island in the late 1990s.
Dr. Jürgen Pech has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Alexander Iolas, Paris
Acquired from the above on 14 September 1978 by the present owner
Ulla Pietzsch and Heiner Pietzsch, eds., Leben mit Kunst. Sammlung Ulla und Heiner Pietzsch, Berlin, 2000, p. 171, another cast illustrated in colour
Werner Spies, Max Ernst – Leben und Werk, Cologne, 2005, p. 301, limestone version illustrated in a photograph of the 1968 Galerie Alexandre Iolas exhibition
Jürgen Pech, Max Ernst, Plastische Werk, Cologne, 2005, p. 192, another cast illustrated (detail); p. 193, another cast illustrated
Werner Spies, Sigrid Metken and Günter Metken, Max Ernst, Œuvre-Katalog, Werke 1964-1969, vol. 7, Cologne, 2007, no. 4594.III, p. 380, another cast illustrated
Melanie Franke and Dieter Scholz, Surreale Welten. Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg, Berlin, 2008, no. 93, p. 181, another cast illustrated
Exh. Cat., New York, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Max Ernst. Paramyths: Sculpture, 1934-1967, 2015, limestone version illustrated in colour on the cover (detail); p. 21, limestone version illustrated in colour (detail); pp. 22, 24 and 100, limestone version illustrated in photographs of the 1968 Galerie Alexandre Iolas exhibition; pp. 27 and 90, limestone version illustrated
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