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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 23, 2014 | Christie's | Paris | Art Moderne | 24 | $****** - ****** | La Palette |
paintings
88.9 x 115.9 cm (35 x 45.63 in)
oil on canvas
signed and dated 'max ernst 53' (lower right); signed, dated again, titled and located 'max ernst. 1953 PARIS LA PALETTE' (on the reverse)
Maurice Lefebvre-Foinet, Paris (acquis auprès de l'artiste).
Collection particulière, Paris. Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel.
Cologne, Galerie der Spiegel, Max Ernst, Bilder, 1953, no. 3. Knokke-le-Zoute, Albert Plage, Casino communal, Max Ernst, juillet-août 1953, p. 30, no. 83 (titré 'La palette du peintre'). Berlin, Galerie Springer, Max Ernst, février-avril 1954, no. 3. Bâle, Galerie Beyeler, Max Ernst, février-mars 1955, no. 14. Berne, Kunsthalle, Max Ernst, août-septembre 1956, no. 74. New York, The Museum of Modern Art et Chicago, The Art Institute, Max Ernst, mars-juillet 1961, p. 54, no. 115 (titré 'La palette du peintre'). Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum et Zurich, Kunsthaus, Max Ernst, décembre 1962-avril 1963, p. 45, no. 89. Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Max Ernst, Malningar, collage, frottage, teckningar, grafik, böcker, skulpturer 1917-1969, septembre-novembre 1969, no. 78. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum et Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Max Ernst, novembre 1969-mars 1970, p. 23, no. 74.
P. Waldberg, Max Ernst, Paris, 1958, p. 415 (illustré; titré 'La palette du peintre'). R. Modesti, Max Ernst, Milan, 1958, p. 20 (illustré en couleurs, pl. VII; titré 'La Tavolozza'). S. Alexandrian, Max Ernst, Paris, 1971, pp. 52-53 (un détail illustré en couleurs). E. Quinn, Ernst, Paris, 1976, p. 435, no 350 (illustré en couleurs, pp. 284-285). W. Spies, S. et G. Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, p. 357, no. 3012 (illustré).
