May 11, 2022 12:00 EST
Modern and Contemporary Art
37
Max Ernst (German, 1891-1976)
L'Oiseau
Signed bottom right, frottage, pencil on Vidalon paper.
Executed in 1931.
10 1/2 x 8 3/16 in. (26.7 x 20.8cm)
Provenance
Goodman, London, United Kingdom.
Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London, United Kingdom (by 1946).
George Melly, London, United Kingdom.
F. H. Mayor Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
"Impressionist and Modern Drawings and Watercolours," Sotheby's, London, April 7, 1976, lot 161.
Private Collection, Pennsylvania (acquired directly from the above sale).
Sold for $15,120
Estimated at $6,000 - $10,000
Signed bottom right, frottage, pencil on Vidalon paper.
Executed in 1931.
Provenance
Goodman, London, United Kingdom.
Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London, United Kingdom (by 1946).
George Melly, London, United Kingdom.
F. H. Mayor Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
"Impressionist and Modern Drawings and Watercolours," Sotheby's, London, April 7, 1976, lot 161.
Private Collection, Pennsylvania (acquired directly from the above sale).
Literature
Werner Spies, Max Ernst: Werke 1929-1938, Houston, Texas: Menil Foundation, 1979, no. 1750 (illus.).
