MAX ERNST (1891-1976) La ballade du soldat 26.7 x 20cm (10 1/2 x 10 1/2in) (within the mount) (Executed in 1972)
Lot 39AR
MAX ERNST
(1891-1976)
La ballade du soldat 26.7 x 20cm (10 1/2 x 10 1/2in) (within the mount)
Sold for £ 5,250 (US$ 6,620) inc. premium

Lot Details
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
La ballade du soldat
inscribed 'Le ciel devient tout noir, il n'y avait plus d'étoiles, Elles étaient au képi du Général (Sonnerie de Clairon)' (lower centre) and further indistinctly inscribed (lower right)
frottage, orange pencil, black wax crayon and pencil on tracing paper
26.7 x 20cm (10 1/2 x 10 1/2in) (within the mount)
Executed in 1972

Footnotes

  • The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Dr. Jürgen Pech.

    Provenance
    Galerie Alphonse Chave, Vence, no. 9480.
    Acquired from the above by the present owner.

    This work is a preparatory drawing for the lithograph on page 71 of La ballade du soldat, published by Pierre Chave on 17 June 1972.
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