No Reserve
60
Max Ernst
À Nouveau Loplop (Again Loplop "Bird Superior")
- Estimate
- $400 - 600•
$1,143
Lot Details
Etching and aquatint in colors, on Arches paper, with full margins.
1975
I. 18 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (47 x 31.1 cm)
S. 26 x 19 5/8 in. (66 x 49.8 cm)
S. 26 x 19 5/8 in. (66 x 49.8 cm)
Signed and numbered 54/100 in pencil (there were also 20 in Roman numerals), unframed.
Specialist
Catalogue Essay
Loplop, known more formally as Loplop, Bird Superior, is a birdlike character that functioned as Max Ernst's alter ego. Now an iconic image of Surrealism, Loplop was highly variable in appearance and seldom depicted the same way twice.