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MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
signed and numbered 'Max Ernst 5/6', stamped with the Modern Art Foundry mark and dated 'MA06' (on the back of the base)
bronze with a green patina
67.5cm (26 9/16in). high
Conceived in 1961, this bronze version cast in 2006 by the Modern Art Foundry in a numbered edition of 6.
Footnotes
The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Dr. Jürgen Pech.
Provenance
Dorothea Tanning Collection, US.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Œuvre sculpté 1913-1961, Paris, 1961, no. 45 (another cast illustrated p. 39).
L'Œil, Revue d'art, no. 84, December 1961 (another cast illustrated p. 18).
M. Ragon, 'The Sculpture of Max Ernst', in Cimaise, Vol. IX, no. 57, January/February 1962 (another cast illustrated p. 24).
R. de Solier, 'Les sculptures récentes de Max Ernst', in XXe Siècle, no. 18, February 1962 (another cast illustrated p. 24).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Cologne, 1962, no. 213 (another cast illustrated p. 216).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Sculptures et Masques, Stockholm, 1963, no. 14 (another cast illustrated p. 18).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Sculpture and Recent Painting, New York, 1966, no. 117 (another cast referenced p. 64).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Oltre la pittura, Venice, 1966, no. 102 (another cast referenced p. 19).
J. Russell, Max Ernst, Leben und Werk, Cologne, 1966, no. 142 (another cast illustrated p. 326).
Hommage à Max Ernst, Paris, 1971 (another cast illustrated p. 131).
U. M. Schneede, Max Ernst, Stuttgart, 1972, no. 384 (another cast illustrated p. 196).
G. Diehl, Max Ernst, Munich, 1973 (another cast illustrated p. 58).
Exh. cat., 50 Jahre Kunsthandelsverband der Schweiz, Jubiläumsausstellung mit Werken des 15 – 20 Jahrhunderts aus öffentlichem und privatem Besitz, Zurich, 1973, no. 91 (another cast referenced).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Basel, 1974 (another cast referenced p. 97).
Hommage à Max Ernst, Wiesbaden, 1976 (another cast illustrated p. 135).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Sculpture 1934-1974, New York, 1987 (another cast illustrated p. 31).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, The Sculpture, Edinburgh, 1990, no. 48 (another cast illustrated p. 40).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Skulptur, Malmö, 1995 (another cast illustrated p. 166).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Esculturas, obras sobre papel, obras gráficas, São Paulo, 1997, no. 44 (another cast illustrated p. 90).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Skulpturen, Klagenfurt, 1997 (another cast illustrated p. 128).
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst Œuvre-Katalog, Vol. VI, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3823.I (another cast illustrated p. 407).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Sculptures, Maisons, Paysages, Paris, 1998, no. 112 (another cast illustrated p. 186).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, esculturas sculptures, Lisbon, 1999 (another cast illustrated p. 65).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, The Surrealist Universe in Sculpture, Painting and Photography, Tokyo, 2000, no. 46 (another cast illustrated p. 64).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Okazaki, 2001, no. 3-46 (another cast illustrated p. 138).
S. Kaufmann, Im Spannungsfeld von Fläche und Raum, Studien zur Wechselwirkung von Malerei und Skulptur im Werk von Max Ernst, Weimar, 2003, no. 171 (another cast illustrated p. 332).
J. Pech, Max Ernst, Plastische Werke, Cologne, 2005 (another cast illustrated pp. 162-163).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Paramyths, Sculpture, 1934-1967, New York, 2015 (another cast illustrated pp. 47, 49 & 91).
