Max Ernst German, 1891-1976
10 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches
Provenance
Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet, ParisMaria Macorig, Paris (the housekeeper who received it as a gift from Louis Aragon in 1978)
Alessandro Blasig, Sachsenheim (by inheritance from the above)
Private collection, Paris (acquired at auction, Christie’s, London February 7th 2013)
Timothy Baum, New York
Private collection, New York
Exhibitions
London, The Mayor Gallery, Homage to Surrealism: 1924 - Forever (All Media), 9 Oct - 22 Nov 2024
Literature
Elsa Triolet, Écoutez-voir, Paris, Gallimard, 1968, p. 180 (illustrated in black-and-white).Elsa Triolet, Louis Aragon, Oeuvres romanesques croisées d’Elsa Triolet et Aragon, vol. 36, Écoutez-voir, Paris, Robert Laffont, 1974, p. 351; p. 180 (illustrated in black-and-white).
Auc. cat. Impressionist and Modern Watercolors and Sculpture, Christie’s, London, December 4th 1990, lot 178 (illustrated in colour).
Auc. cat. Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper, Christie’s, London, February 7th 2013, lot 273 (illustrated in colour).
Will be included in the supplementary volume of the complete work of Max Ernst in preparation, edited by Werner Spies in collaboration with Sigrid Metken and Jürgen Pech