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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 9, 2025 | Christie's | Paris | 20/21 Century Art - Evening Sale | 224 | $****** - ****** | Nuit claire |
paintings
65.2 x 81 cm (25.67 x 31.89 in)
huile, décalcomanie, grattage et spritztechnik sur papier marouflé sur toile, oil, decalcomania, grattage and spritztechnik on paper laid down on canvas
Julien Levy Gallery, New York.
Frederick R. Stettenheimer, New York (avant 1962).
Rose Grey, New York.
Collection particulière, États-Unis (par descendance); vente, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 25 octobre 1972, lot 78 (titré "Moonlight over Wellfleet").
Collection particulière, Paris (avant 1975).
Puis par succession au propriétaire actuel.
New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Max Ernst, avril-mai 1944, no. 2 (titré "Moonlight over Wellfleet").
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Max Ernst: A Retrospective , février-avril 1975, p. 192, no. 199 (illustré; daté "1942").
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Max Ernst , mai-août 1975, p. 162, no. 238 (illustré, p. 107; daté "1942").
Munich, Haus der Kunst et Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Max Ernst, février-juillet 1979, p. 317, no. 265 (illustré; daté "1942").
R. Motherwell, dir., The Documents of Modern Art, Max Ernst: Beyond Painting and other writings by the Artist and his Friends, New York, 1948, p. 53 (illustré; titré "Moonlight over Wellfleet"; daté "1942").
Brühl, Schloss Augustusburg, Max Ernst, Gemälde und Graphik, 1920-1950, mars-avril 1951, p. 68 (illustré; titré "Münd übet Wellileet"; daté "1942").
P. Waldberg, Max Ernst , Paris, 1958, p. 83 (illustré; daté "1942").
Lucy R. Lippard, "Ernst and Dubuffet, A Study in Like and Unlike", in The Art Journal XXI , été 1962, Vol. 4, p. 244 (illustré, fig. 9; titré "Moonlight over Wellfleet"; daté "1942").
Lucy R. Lippard, "The world of Dadamax Ernst", in ARTn ews , avril 1975 p. 29 (titré "Moonlight over Wellfleet"; daté "1942").
S. Gablik, "The Snake Paradise, Evolutionism in the Landscape of Max Ernst", in Art in America , No. 3, mai-juin 1975, p. 38.
E. Quinn, Ernst , Paris, 1976, p. 434, no. 271 (illustré en couleurs, p. 230; daté "1942").
W. Spies, S. et G. Metken, Max Ernst, Œuvre-Katalog, Werke 1939-1953 , Cologne, 1987, p. 80, no. 2454 (illustré).
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Nuit claire
huile, décalcomanie, grattage et spritztechnik sur papier marouflé sur toile
65.2 x 81 cm.
Peint vers 1943
oil, decalcomania, grattage and spritztechnik on paper laid down on canvas
25 5/8 x 31 7/8 in.
Painted circa 1943
