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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 18, 2021 | Phillips | New York | 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale | 44 | $****** - ****** | Ohne Titel (les hommes ne le sauront jamais) |
Works on Paper
50.2 x 64.8 cm (19.75 x 25.5 in)
gouache, watercolor, pen and graphite on buff-colored paper
signed "max ernst" lower right
Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris
Jacques Kaplan, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Turin, Galleria Galatea, Max Ernst , October 22 - November 18, 1966, no. 7, n.p.
Barcelona, Galeria René Metras, Max Ernst , May 1968, no. 14, n.p.
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Max Ernst: målningar, collage, frottage, teckningar, grafik, böcker, skulpturer 1917-1969 , September 13 - November 2, 1969, no. 9, p. 73
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Max Ernst , May 16 - August 18, 1975, no. 105, p. 159 (illustrated, p. 52)
Kunsthaus Zürich; Frankfurt am Main, Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie; Munich, Städtische Galerie, Max Ernst , August 18, 1978 - April 15, 1979, no. 44, p. 162 (illustrated, p. 85)
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Max Ernst in Köln , May 7 - July 6, 1980, no. 91, p. 327 (illustrated, p. 169)
Bonn, Ausstellung im Bundeskanzleramt, Max Ernst , July 1980, no. 6, n.p. (illustrated)
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Kosmische Bilder in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts , November 11, 1983 - January 6, 1984, no. 23, p. 190 (illustrated, p. 145)
Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Max Ernst , February 28 - April 27, 1986, no. 8, n.p. (illustrated, n.p.)
London, The Tate Gallery; Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie; Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Max Ernst: A Retrospective , February 13 - November 3, 1991, no. 61, p. 375 (illustrated, p. 106)
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Houston, The Menil Collection; The Art Institute of Chicago, Max Ernst: Dada and the Dawn of Surrealism , March 14 - November 30, 1993, pl. 127, no. 143, p. 371 (illustrated, p. 258)
Kunsthaus Zürich; Munich, Haus der Kunst; Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Arnold Böcklin, Giorgio de Chirico, Max Ernst: Eine Reise ins Ungewisse , October 3, 1997 - August 10, 1998, no. 169, p. 442 (illustrated, p. 354)
Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie; Munich, Haus der Kunst, Max Ernst - Die Retrospektive , March 5 - September 12, 1999, no. 34, p. 62 (illustrated, p. 63)
Munster, Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Max Ernst lässt grüssen: Peter Schamoni begegnet Max Ernst , September 27, 2009 - January 10, 2010, p. 57 (illustrated)
Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR, Entdeckungsfahrten zu Max Ernst / Die Sammlung Peter Schamoni , February 24 - June 23, 2013, pp. 62, 175 (illustrated, p. 63)
Werner Spies, Max Ernst - Collagen, Inventar und Widerspruch , Cologne, 1974, no. 170, p. 489 (illustrated, n.p.)
Peter Schamoni, Max Ernst Maximiliana, die widerrechtliche Ausübung der Astronomie , Munich, 1974, p. 19 (illustrated, p. 18)
Werner Spies, Sigrid and Günter Metken, eds., Max Ernst OEuvre-Katalog. Werke 1906-1925 , Cologne, 1975, no. 464, p. 238 (illustrated)
Winifried Konnertz, Max Ernst , Cologne, 1980, no. 23, p. 250 (illustrated, p. 54)
signed "max ernst" lower right
gouache, watercolor, pen and graphite on buff-colored paper
19 3/4 x 25 1/2 in. (50.1 x 64.8 cm)
Executed circa 1921.
