Max Ernst
Gracieux et subtil, also titled Eclosion
Estimate: 140.000 - 180.000 USD
Price realised: not available
Price realised: not available
Description
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Gracieux et subtil, also titled Eclosion
signed 'max ernst' (lower right); signed and inscribed 'max Ernst gracieux et subtil' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
10 1/8 x 12 in (25.6 x 30.5 cm)
Painted in 1957
Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Geneva. | Private collection, Switzerland. | Nikki Iolas-Stifel Collection, Athens (by 1958). | Private collection (acquired from the above in 1963). | Private collection, Switzerland (acquired in 1993); their sale, Sotheby's, New York, November 2, 2011, lot 28. | Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner; their sale, Christie's, London, February 28, 2018, lot 462. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Gracieux et subtil, also titled Eclosion
signed 'max ernst' (lower right); signed and inscribed 'max Ernst gracieux et subtil' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
10 1/8 x 12 in (25.6 x 30.5 cm)
Painted in 1957
Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Geneva. | Private collection, Switzerland. | Nikki Iolas-Stifel Collection, Athens (by 1958). | Private collection (acquired from the above in 1963). | Private collection, Switzerland (acquired in 1993); their sale, Sotheby's, New York, November 2, 2011, lot 28. | Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner; their sale, Christie's, London, February 28, 2018, lot 462. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.