Max Ernst German, 1891-1976
Le peuple des oiseaux, 1942
Pastel on coloured paper
45 x 35.5 cm
17 3/4 x 14 inches
17 3/4 x 14 inches
Twenty variants of this work originally appeared in the 1942 VVV Portfolio produced by David Hare and André Breton
Each are unique, rendered in separate colour variations of pastels.
Each are unique, rendered in separate colour variations of pastels.
Twenty variants of this work originally appeared in the 1942 VVV Portfolio produced by David Hare and André Breton
Each are unique, rendered in separate colour variations of pastels.
Each are unique, rendered in separate colour variations of pastels.
Provenance
David Hare (American Surrealist sculptor, and co-editor of the Surrealist art and poetry review, VVV)Mayra Bernard Adir
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 17 May 1979, lot 475
Elvire Levy, Sarasota
By descent
Bonhams New York, 15 May 2018, lot 32
Private collection, New York
Exhibitions
London, The Mayor Gallery, Homage to Surrealism: 1924 - Forever (All Media), 9 Oct - 22 Nov 2024