PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
Max Ernst
Bosse de nage
Live auction begins on:
October 24, 12:30 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
Max Ernst
1891 - 1976
Bosse de nage
inscribed Max Ernst, numbered III/VI and stamped with the foundry mark A.VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE
bronze
height: 47.6 cm; 18¾ in.
Conceived in 1959; this example cast in the same year by the Valsuani Foundry, Paris in an edition of 6 plus 3 artist's proofs.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Dr. Jürgen Pech, Bonn. The work will be included in the eighth volume of the catalogue raisonné of The Complete Works of Max Ernst in preparation.
World House Galleries, New York (by 1961)
Lee A. Ault, New York (by 1992)
The Estate of Lee A. Ault, New York (by descent from the above in 1996)
Christie's, New York, 14 November 1996, lot 234 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art and Art Institute of Chicago, Max Ernst, 1972, n.n., p. 23, another cast illustrated
Exh. Cat., Paris, Le Point Cardinal, Max Ernst, Oeuvre sculpté 1913-1961, 1961, no. 35, p. 34, another cast illustrated (with incorrect dimensions)
William S. Lieberman, ed., Max Ernst, New York 1961, p. 23, another cast referenced
Exh. Cat., Stockholm, Galerie Pierre, Max Ernst, Sculptures et masques, 1963-1964, no. 7, p. 11, another cast illustrated (Stockholm and Helsingfors); no. 11, p. 17, another cast illustrated (Antibes) (with incorrect dimensions)
Exh. Cat., London, Hanover Gallery, Max Ernst: Early and Recent Paintings and Sculpture, 1965, no. 50, p. 43, another cast illustrated (with incorrect dimensions)
John Russell, Max Ernst, Leben und Werke, Cologne 1966, no. 137, pp. 325 and 347, another cast illustrated (with incorrect dimensions)
John Russell, Max Ernst, Life and Work, New York 1967, no. 137, pp. 329 and 352, another cast illustrated (with incorrect dimensions)
Giovanni di San Lazzaro, ed., Hommage à Max Ernst, XXe siècle Numéro spécial, Cahiers d'art, 1971, p. 130, another cast illustrated (with incorrect dimensions)
Werner Spies, Max Ernst, 1950-1970: The Return of La Belle Jardinère, New York 1971, p. 129, fig. B, another cast illustrated
Exh. Cat., Saint-Paul, Fondation Maeght, Max Ernst, no. 97, pp. 144 and 158, another cast illustrated (with incorrect dimensions)
Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Max Ernst, Sculptures, maisons, paysages, 1998, p. 186, another cast illustrated
Werner Spies, Sigrid and Günter Metken, eds., Max Ernst Oeuvre-Katalog, Band VI, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne 1998, no. 3779, p. 380, another cast illustrated (with incorrect dimensions)
Jürgen Pech, Max Ernst, Plastische Werke, Cologne 2005, pp. 142-143, another cast illustrated in colour