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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 7, 2018 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Classics of the 20th Century II | 492 | $****** - ****** | Microbe | |||
Jun 24, 2015 | Millon & Associes | Paris | Art Moderne | 222 | $****** - ****** | Microbe | |||
May 27, 2014 | Van Ham | Cologne | Moderne Kunst, Zeitgenössische Kunst, Discoveries Schätzpreise bis 3.000 Euro | 29 | $****** - ****** | Microbe | |||
Nov 28, 2012 | Van Ham | Cologne | Moderne Kunst / Zeitgenössische Kunst | 40 | $****** - ****** | Microbe | |||
Jun 9, 2012 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Moderne Kunst | 98 | $****** - ****** | Microbe |
paintings
7.8 x 6.8 cm (3.07 x 2.68 in)
Oil on paper and tempera on strong wove paper, originally laid on firm wove paper by the artist
Signed on backing paper. Verso of the backing paper with a small complimentary drawing and once more signed "max" and with a dedication "Pour Jonny Waldberg"
Present for John Waldberg on Christmas 1968, Huismes.
Cf. Max Ernst. Sept Microbes vus à travers un tempérament, Paris 1953, in: Sprengel macht Ernst. Die Sammlung Max Ernst, Sprengel Museum Hanover 2006, cat. no. 746-777, pp. 229ff.
Post auction sale
Microbe. 1953.
Oil on paper and tempera on strong wove paper, originally laid on firm wove paper by the artist.
Not in Spies/Metken. Signed on backing paper. Verso of the backing paper with a small complimentary drawing and once more signed "max" and with a dedication "Pour Jonny Waldberg". 7.8 x 6.8 cm (3 x 2.6 in). Backing paper: 18,7 x 12,5 cm ( 7,6 x 4,9 in).
From the work group of the "Microben", made as of 1946 (cf. the very similar work "Ohne Titel", from around 1949, Spies/Merken 2940). Mounted on the cover of "Sept Microbes" by the artist (verso with typographic inscription).
Accompanied by a photo confirmation by Patrick Waldberg from October 23, 1978.
PROVENANCE: Present for John Waldberg on Christmas 1968, Huismes.
LITERATURE: Cf. Max Ernst. Sept Microbes vus à travers un tempérament, Paris 1953, in: Sprengel macht Ernst. Die Sammlung Max Ernst, Sprengel Museum Hanover 2006, cat. no. 746-777, pp. 229ff.
Called up: December 7, 2018 - ca. 16.16 h +/- 20 min.
