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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
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Mar 16, 2022 | Sotheby's | Paris | Surrealism and Its Legacy | 7 | $****** - ****** | Mur devant soleil |
paintings
73 x 53.8 cm (28.74 x 21.18 in)
collage and oil on canvas
signed max ernst (lower right); titled mur et soleil (on the reverse)
Meret Oppenheim, Bern (gift from the artist)
The Mayor Gallery, London
Private collection, United States (and sold: Sotheby's, London, July 1, 1998, lot 154)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
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Meret Oppenheim, Bern (don de l'artiste)
The Mayor Gallery, Londres
Collection particulière, Etats-Unis (et vendu: Sotheby's, Londres, 1er juillet 1998, lot 154)
Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel
Turin, Galleria Il Fauno, Max Ernst , 1970, no. 1, illustrated in the catalogue (titled Mur et soleil, dated as 1930 and described as oil on canvas)
Berlin, Nationalgalerie & Munich, Haus der Kunst, Max Ernst, Die Retrospektive , 1999, no. 66, illustrated in the catalogue p. 107
Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró, Mestres del collage, De Picasso à Rauschenberg , 2005-06, illustrated in the catalogue p. 138 (titled Mur et soleil and dated as 1931)
Stockholm, Moderna Museet & Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Max Ernst, Dream and Revolution , 2008-09, illustrated in the Stockholm catalogue p. 105 and mentioned in the Humlebæk catalogue p. 126
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Turin, Galleria Il Fauno, Max Ernst , 1970, no. 1, reproduit dans le catalogue (sous le titre Mur et soleil, daté 1930 et décrit comme huile sur toile)
Berlin, Nationalgalerie & Munich, Haus der Kunst, Max Ernst, Die Retrospektive , 1999, no. 66, reproduit dans le catalogue p. 107
Barcelone, Fundació Joan Miró, Mestres del collage, De Picasso à Rauschenberg , 2005-06, reproduit dans le catalogue p. 138 (sous le titre Mur et soleil et daté 1931)
Stockholm, Moderna Museet & Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Max Ernst, Dream and Revolution , 2008-09, reproduit dans le catalogue de Stockholm p. 105 et mentionné dans le catalogue de Humlebæk p. 126
Werner Spies, Sigrid & Günter Metken, Max Ernst Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1929-1938 , Cologne, 1979, no. 1805, illustrated p. 123
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Werner Spies, Sigrid & Günter Metken, Max Ernst Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1929-1938 , Cologne, 1979, no. 1805, reproduit p. 123
Property from a Private Swiss Collection
Max Ernst
1891 - 1976
Mur devant soleil
signed max ernst (lower right); titled mur et soleil (on the reverse)
collage and oil on canvas
73 x 53,8 cm; 28¾ x 21⅛ in.
Executed circa 1931.
We are grateful to Dr. Jürgen Pech for his assistance in cataloguing this work.
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Provenant d'une Collection Particulière Suisse
Max Ernst
1891 - 1976
Mur devant soleil
signé max ernst (en bas à droite); titré mur et soleil (au revers)
collage et huile sur toile
73 x 53,8 cm; 28¾ x 21⅛ in.
Exécuté vers 1931.
Nous remercions Dr. Jürgen Pech de l'aide apportée à la rédaction de cette fiche.
