Jimmy Ernst

(New York/Germany, 1920-1984)

Untitled, 1974, signed lower right "Jimmy Ernst/74", oil on canvas, 30-1/8 x 40 in.; lattice type frame, 31-1/4 x 41-1/4 in.

Provenance: Galerie 1900 2000, Paris, France, JE catalog No. 32 (label verso); Property of a Southern Museum sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund

Note: Jimmy Ernst was raised by his mother, Louise Straus, in Cologne. His father was the artist Max Ernst. In 1938, Ernst emigrated to the United States one week before the Nazi Kristallnacht. While his relationship with his father was strained, it opened doors which eventually led him to be hired as Peggy Guggenheim's personal assistant.
Condition Report: good condition; frame with abrasions