MAX ERNST, (1891-1976)

La Tourangelle

La Tourangelle
signed, numbered and inscribed with the foundry mark 'Max Ernst 0/VIII, Susse Fondr Paris' (on the back of the base)
polished brass with a golden patina
26.3cm (10 3/8in). high
Conceived in 1960, this brass version cast in 1961-1962 by the Susse Foundry.

The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Dr. Jürgen Pech.

Provenance
Max Ernst Collection.
Dorothea Tanning Collection, US (by descent from the above).
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Literature
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, New York, 1961, no. 171 (another cast referenced p. 56).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, London, 1961, no. 202 (another cast referenced p. 67).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Œuvre sculpté 1913-1961, Paris, 1961, no. 37 (another cast illustrated p. 35).
A. Ferrier, 'Max Ernst, sculpteur', in Œil, Revue d'art, no. 84, December 1961 (another cast illustrated p. 69).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Sculptures et Masques, Stockholm, 1963, no. 10 (another cast illustrated p. 14).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Sculpture and Recent Painting, New York, 1966, no. 116 (another cast referenced p. 64).
J. Russell, Max Ernst, Leben und Werk, Cologne, 1966, no. 139 (another cast illustrated p. 326).
G. Diehl, Max Ernst, Paris, 1973 (another cast illustrated p. 59).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Saint-Paul, 1983, no. 105 (another cast referenced p. 144).
W. Rubin (ed.), Primitivism in 20th Century Art, New York, 1984, no. 839 (another cast illustrated p. 567).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Sculpture 1934-1974, New York, 1987, no. 38 (another cast illustrated p. 31).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, The Sculpture, Edinburgh, 1990, no. 46 (another cast illustrated p. 39).
Anno 93/94, Düsseldorf, 1995 (plaster cast illustrated p. 19).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Skulptur, Malmö, 1995 (another cast illustrated p. 161).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Sculture / Sculptures, Castello di Rivoli, 1996 (another cast illustrated p. 172).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Esculturas, obras sobre papel, obras gráficas, São Paulo, 1997, no. 42 (another cast illustrated p. 88).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Skulpturen, Klagenfurt, 1997 (another cast illustrated p. 123).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Sculptures, Maisons, Paysages, Paris, 1998, no. 105 (plaster cast illustrated p. 187).
W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst Œuvre-Katalog, Vol. VI, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3821.I (another cast illustrated p. 406).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, esculturas sculptures, Lisbon, 1999 (another cast illustrated p. 64).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, The Surrealist Universe in Sculpture, Painting and Photography, Tokyo, 2000, no. 45 (another cast illustrated p. 65).
Einblicke, Düsseldorf, 2000 (plaster cast illustrated p. 110).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Okazaki, 2001, no. 3-45 (another cast illustrated p. 137).
S. Kaufmann, Im Spannungsfeld von Fläche und Raum, Studien zur Wechselwirkung von Malerei und Skulptur im Werk von Max Ernst, Weimar, 2003, no. 170 (another cast illustrated p. 332).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Traumlandschaften, Apolda, 2004, no. 65 (another cast illustrated p. 112).
J. Pech, Max Ernst, Plastische Werke, Cologne, 2005 (another cast illustrated pp. 158-159).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst läßt grüßen, Münster, 2009 (another cast illustrated p. 113).
Exh. cat., Max Ernst, Le Jardin de la France, Tours, 2009 (another cast illustrated p. 114).