Max Ernst, Chat baillant

Property from an Important Private Collection, New York
Max Ernst
1891 - 1976
Chat baillant

Signed max ernst and dated 47 (lower right); signed max ernst, dated 1947, titled and dedicated a Francisco Raul Villanueva max ernst (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
18 by 24 in. (45.7 by 61 cm)
Framed: 24 1/4 by 30 1/4 in. (61.5 by 76.8 cm)
Painted in 1947.

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Provenance:
Carlos Raúl Villanueva, Caracas (acquired from the artist)
Thence by descent