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Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

39 x 26

Description:

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Markings:

signed Max Ernst (lower center); signed again titled and dated PARIS 1953 (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Cologne, Galerie Der Spiegel, Max Ernst, Bilder 1953, 1953; Berlin, Galerie Springer, Max Ernst, 1954, no. 14; Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Max Ernst, 1955, no. 12; Chicago, International Galleries, Modern Masters, 1961, no. 13, p. 29, illustrated; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Dada and Surrealism in Chicago Collections, 1984-85, p. 149, illustrated

Literature:

Herta Wescher, 'Max Ernst,' Cimaise, vol. 5., Paris, November-December 1957, p. 19 (titledTte solaireand dated 1956); Renzo Modesti, Max Ernst, Milan, 1958, pl. VIIII, illustrated; Patrick Waldberg, Max Ernst, Paris, 1958, p. 369, illustrated; Edward Quinn, Max Ernst, New York, 1977, no. 369, p. 297, illustrated (titledTte solaire); Werner Spies, Sigrid Metken and Gnter Metken, Max Ernst Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, no. 3018, p. 360, illustrated

Provenance:

Galerie Bourdon, Paris; International Galleries, Chicago (acquired by 1961); Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Dittmer, Chicago (acquired by 1985); Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 1986, lot 272 (consigned by the above); Acquired at the above sale by the present owner