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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 10, 2011 | Sotheby's | London | Looking Closely: A Private Collection | 22 | $****** - ****** | La Fleur Du Désert Or La Rose Du Désert |
paintings
75 x 59 cm (29.53 x 23.23 in)
oil and graphite on canvas
signed Max Ernst and dated 25 (lower right)
Paul Eluard, Paris (1938) Roland Penrose, London E. L. T. Mesens, London (sold: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 2nd May 1974, lot 235) Galerie Agora (Daniel Malingue), Paris (acquired by 1975)
Private Collection (sold:
Sotheby's, London, 4th December 1984, lot 45) Acquired directly from the above
Paris, Galerie Van Leer, Exposition Max Ernst, 1926, no. 22 Cologne, Richmod-Galerie Casimir Hagen, Jankel Adler, Gerd Arntz, Max Ernst, 1926, no. 1, illustrated in the catalogue Zurich, Kunsthaus, Was ist Surrealismus?, 1934, no. 20 London, The London Gallery, Max Ernst, 1938-39, no. 26 Cambridge, University Arts Society, Max Ernst, 1939, no. 13 Paris, Galerie Denise René, Max Ernst, 1945, no. 12 London, The London Gallery, Max Ernst, Sonja Sekula, Sean Crampton, 1950, no. 7 Knokke-Le Zoute, Grande salle des expositions de 'La Réserve', 75 Oeuvres du demi-siècle. Histoire de l'art contemporain, 1951, no. 68, illustrated in the catalogue London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Max Ernst: Drawings, Paintings, Collages, 1918-1952, 1952-53, no. 11 Knokke-Le Zoute, Casino Municipal, Max Ernst, 1953, no. 23, illustrated in the catalogue Bern, Kunsthalle, Max Ernst, 1956, no. 20 London, The Matthiesen Gallery, Paintings by Max Ernst, 1956, no. 7 Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum & Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Six peintres surréalistes, 1967, no. 19, illustrated in the catalogue Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, L' Eternel Surréalisme, Hommage discret à E. L. T. Mesens, 1970, no. 13 Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle & Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Surrealität-Bildrealität, 1974-75, no. 6, illustrated in the catalogue Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Max Ernst, 1975, no. 118, illustrated in the catalogue London, The Tate Gallery, Max Ernst: A Retrospective, 1991, no. 107, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
La Révolution Surréaliste, 1926, no. 6, illustrated p. 24 André Breton, Le Surréalisme et la peinture, Paris, 1928, illustrated p. 38 Cahiers d'Art (ed.), Max Ernst, Oeuvres de 1919 à 1936, Paris, 1937, illustrated p. 51 Patrick Waldberg, Max Ernst, Paris, 1958, p. 222 John Russell, Max Ernst, Life and Work, London, 1967, p. 350, no. 28, illustrated p. 319 Uwe M. Schneede, Max Ernst, Stuttgart, 1972, no. 146, illustrated p. 82 Werner Spies, Max Ernst, Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1925-1929, Cologne, 1976, no. 952, illustrated p. 83
