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Lot 291 D

Max Ernst - Homme (Monsieur)

Auction 1134 - overview Cologne
31.05.2019, 17:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 40.000 € - 50.000 €
Result: 86.800 € (incl. premium)

Max Ernst

Homme (Monsieur)
1960/1961

Silver sculpture Height 29 cm Stamped signature 'max ernst' on the underside. There it bears the François Hugo mark, the 950 "Minerva" silver hallmark, the reference number "852 1523" and the "EXEMPLAIRE D'ARTISTE" stamp. Exemplaire d'artiste aside from the edition of 6 numbered casts. Cast Goldsmith François Hugo, Aix-en-Provence.

Catalogue Raisonné

Spies/Metken 3811

Provenance

Artist's estate, in family possession since, Rhineland

Literature

I.a. Gaëtan Picon, Atelier François Hugo, Paris 1967, n. pag, with full-page. illus.; Claire Siaud/Pierre Hugo, Hommage à François Hugo/Tribute to François Hugo, Orfèvre/Goldsmith. Bijoux d'artistes/Artist's jewels, Aix-en-Provence 2001, pp. 95, 118, 119 with full-page colour illus.

Exhibitions

Paris 1961 (Le Point Cardinal), Max Ernst. Oeuvre sculpté 1913-1961, cat. no. 61 with illus.; Cologne/Zurich 1963 (Wallraf-Richartz-Museum/Kunsthaus Zürich), Max Ernst, cat. no. 218, presumably this example