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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
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Feb 6, 2020 | Christie's | London | The Art Of The Surreal Evening Sale | 41 | $****** - ****** | Jardin gobe-avions |
Works on Paper
27.6 x 50.5 cm (10.88 x 19.88 in)
gouache on paper
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
Joseph-Berthold & Gaetane Urvater, Brussels, until at least 1959.
Galleria Galatea, Turin (no. 1682), by 1966.
Giulio Einaudi, Turin, by 1969.
Galleria Galatea, Turin.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the mid-1970s.
Knokke-Le Zoute, Albert Plage, Casino Municipal, Max Ernst, July - August 1953, no. 68, p. 26.
Bern, Kunsthalle, Max Ernst, August - September 1956, no. 58.
Otterloo, Kröller-Müller Museum, Les grandes collection belges, Sammlung Urvater, June - September 1957, no. 37 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Liège, Musée des Beaux-Arts, October - November 1957.
Leicester, Museum and Art Gallery, Paintings from the Urvater collection, September - October 1958, no. 28; this exhibition later travelled to York, City Art Gallery, October - November 1958; and London, Tate Gallery, November - December 1958.
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Max Ernst, November - December 1959, no. 53.
Turin, Galleria Galatea, Max Ernst, October - November 1966, no. 20 (illustrated; dated '1934').
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Max Ernst, September - November 1969, no. 54, p. 75 (illustrated p. 55).
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Max Ernst, November 1969 - January 1970, no. 52.
Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Max Ernst, January - March 1970, no. 63, p. 148 (illustrated p. 113).
P. Waldberg, Max Ernst, Paris, 1958, p. 291 (illustrated; dated '1934').
J. Russell, Max Ernst, Life and Work, London, 1967, no. 63, p. 346 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions, medium and provenance).
M. Brion, 'Max l'oiseleur', in G. di San Lazzaro, ed., XXe siècle, numéro spécial, Hommage à Max Ernst, Paris, 1971, p. 89 (dated '1934').
U.M. Schneede, The Essential Max Ernst, London, 1972, no. 303, p. 153 (illustrated p. 152).
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1929-1938, Cologne, 1979, no. 2182, p. 322 (illustrated).
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
