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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 24, 2014 | Christie's | London | Impressionist / Modern Evening Sale | 58 | $****** - ****** | Rien n'est incompréhensible |
paintings
43 x 118 cm (16.93 x 46.46 in)
oil on plaster mounted on canvas
signed 'max ernst' (lower right)
Paul Eluard, Eaubonne, by whom commissioned from the artist in 1923.Galerie André-François Petit, Paris.Viktor & Marianne Langen, Meerbusch, by whom acquired in 1978 and thence by descent to the present owners.
Paris, Galerie André-François Petit, Max Ernst. Peintures pour Paul Eluard, 1969, p. 37 (illustrated).New York, Byron Gallery, The Surrealists, November - December 1969, no. 30, p. 71.New York, Byron Gallery, Max Ernst Exhibition, November - December 1970, no. 3.Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Max Ernst: Sculptures, maisons, paysages, Spring 1998, no. 18 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, 1998 (illustrated).Neuss, Langen Foundation, Bedürfnis Kunst. Einblicke in die Sammlung Viktor und Marianne Langen, 2007.Neuss, Langen Foundation, Tradition und Moderne - Sammlung Viktor und Marianne Langen, 2008-2009.Neuss, Langen Foundation, Hommage an Marianne Langen - Werke aus der Sammlung, 2011-2013.Neuss, Langen Foundation, Hat der Surrealismus heute noch eine Bedeutung für Sie?, 2013-2014.
P. Eluard, Anthologie des écrits sur l’art, Paris, 1972, no. 158, p. 238.W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst. Oeuvre-Katalog: Werke 1906-1925, Cologne, 1975, no. 647, p. 336 (illustrated).V. & M. Langen, Sammlung Viktor u. Marianne Langen. Kunst des 20ten Jahrhunderts, vol. I, Ascona, 1986, p. 137 (illustrated p. 138).
