Max Ernst (1891-1976), Tâches de soleil

Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Tâches de soleil
signed and indistinctly dated ‘max ernst 57’ (lower right); signed, inscribed and dated 'taches de soleil 57 max ernst' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
18 ¼ x 15 1/8 in. (46.2 x 38.3 cm.)
Painted in 1957

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 June 1961, lot 13A.
Bild und Buch Gallery, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 30 June 1966, lot 177.
Holtzheimer, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Galerie Stangl, Munich.
Conrad Böttcher, Stuttgart, by whom acquired from the above on 14 October 1967, and thence by descent to the present owner.

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