MAX ERNST, (1891-1976)
L'Œil du peintre
L'Œil du peintre
signed and dated 'Max Ernst, 1966' (lower right) and inscribed 'L'œil du peintre' (lower left)
oil and collage on paper
78.1 x 57.2cm (30 3/4 x 22 1/2in).
Executed in 1965-1966
Provenance
Max Ernst Collection.
Dorothea Tanning Collection, US (by descent from the above).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
Vence, Galerie Alphonse Chave, Max Ernst, Peintures, Collages, récents, 13 September – 15 November 1966, no. 18 (illustrated).
Literature
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken & J. Pech, Max Ernst Œuvre-Katalog, Vol. VII, Werke 1964-1969, Cologne, 2007, no. 4042 (illustrated p. 101; dated 1965).
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L'Œil du peintre
L'Œil du peintre
signed and dated 'Max Ernst, 1966' (lower right) and inscribed 'L'œil du peintre' (lower left)
oil and collage on paper
78.1 x 57.2cm (30 3/4 x 22 1/2in).
Executed in 1965-1966
Provenance
Max Ernst Collection.
Dorothea Tanning Collection, US (by descent from the above).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
Vence, Galerie Alphonse Chave, Max Ernst, Peintures, Collages, récents, 13 September – 15 November 1966, no. 18 (illustrated).
Literature
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken & J. Pech, Max Ernst Œuvre-Katalog, Vol. VII, Werke 1964-1969, Cologne, 2007, no. 4042 (illustrated p. 101; dated 1965).