Lot 379 D

Max Ernst - For: John Russell, Max Ernst. Life and Work, New York 1967

Auction 1099 - overview Cologne
01.12.2017, 18:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 9.920 € (incl. premium)
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Max Ernst

For: John Russell, Max Ernst. Life and Work, New York 1967
1966

Collage, coloured chalk and India ink on paper 17.9 x 13.2 cm Framed under glass. Signed 'Max Ernst' in red lower right, dedicated and dated 'à Georges Shéhadé. 2.11.1966' in pencil lower left. - The mat opening slightly browned with lightstain.

In 1966, Max Ernst created various collaged and partially dedicated illustration templates for the book 'Max Ernst. Life and Work' by John Russel, published in 1967 (cf. Spies/Metken 4114-4148). The person named in the dedication is most probably the poet and dramatist Georges Shéhadé (1905-1989), who sympathised with the surrealists.

Catalogue Raisonné

Spies/Metken 4137 ("Russell, Seite 132")

Provenance

Gift from the artist to the former owner; Galerie Brigitte Shéhadé, Paris; Private collection, Rhineland