Max Ernst (1891-1976), Le chant du pinson

Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Le chant du pinson
signed and dated 'max ernst 33' (lower right)
oil and paper collage with brush and pen and black ink on canvas
32 x 39 in. (81.4 x 99 cm.)
Executed in 1933

Provenance
The Bodley Gallery, New York (by March 1961).
Private collection, Sarasota.
Private collection, Atlanta.
Galerie Tarica, Paris (acquired from the above, circa 1970).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners, circa 1970.

Pre-Lot Text
Beyond Boundaries: Avant-Garde Masterworks from a European Collection

Literature
H. Janis and R. Blesh, Collage: Personalities, Concepts, Techniques, Philadelphia, 1962, p. 289, no. 120 (illustrated, p. 106).
W. Spies and S. and G. Metken, Max Ernst: Werke, 1929-1938, Cologne, 1979, p. 156, no. 1869 (illustrated).
W. Spies, Max Ernst: Loplop, The Artist in the Third Person, New York, 1983, pp. 61 and 185 (illustrated in color, pl. 30).

Exhibited
Kunsthaus Zürich, Hans Arp, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Julio González, Joan Miró, October-November 1934, p. 10, no. 46.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art and The Art Institute of Chicago, Max Ernst, March-July 1961, p. 53, no. 64.
London, Tate Gallery, Max Ernst, September-October 1961, p. 49, no. 114.
New York, The Bodley Gallery, Max Ernst: Paintings, Collages, Drawings, Sculpture, October-November 1961 (illustrated).