Oiseau en cage , Max Ernst

Max Ernst
1891 - 1976
Oiseau en cage

signed max ernst (lower right)
oil on sandpaper laid down on board in the artist's original cork frame
21.9 by 18.6cm., 8 5/8 by 7 1/4 in.
Framed: 33 by 29.6cm., 13 by 11 5/8 in.
Executed circa 1925.

Dr. Jürgen Pech has confirmed the authenticity of this work, which will be included in the supplementary volume of the Complete Works of Max Ernst now in preparation, edited by Prof. Dr Werner Spies in collaboration with Dr Jürgen Pech and Sigrid Metken.

Condition Report:
The board is stable and inspection under UV light reveals no signs of retouching. There are a few fine lines of craquelure to some of the thicker pigments and a couple of tiny losses to the impasto tips. This work is in overall very good condition.

Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.

Provenance:
Walter Schwarzenberg, Brussels (sold: Galerie Georges Giroux, Brussels, 1st February, 1932, lot 283)

Mr. & Mrs Jacques Bolle-Haesaerts, Brussels (acquired circa 1963)

Pontello, Italy

Private Collection, Paris (acquired in 1997)

Galerie Interart, Geneva

Acquired from the above by the previous owner in 2004