Max Ernst - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Tuesday, May 16, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
    Dominique de Menil, Houston (gifted by the above in 1962)
    Private Collection
    Thence by descent to the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Hamburg, Kunsthalle; Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft; Frankfurt, Kunstverein; Berlin, Akademie der Künste; Cologne, Kunsthalle; Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries; Marseille, Musée Cantini; Grenoble, Maison de la Culture; Strasbourg, Ancienne Douane; Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Max Ernst: Das innere Gesicht, September 17–May 14, 1970–1971, no. 74, pl. 113, p. 154 (illustrated); then traveled as Houston, Rice Museum; Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts; Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum; Chicago, The Art Institute; New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1971–1972, Max Ernst: Insight the Sight, no. 74, pl. 109, p. 149 (illustrated)
    New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Max Ernst: A Retrospective, 1975, no. 260, p. 232

  • Literature

    Werner Spies, ed., Max Ernst, Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3580, p. 275 (illustrated)

Property from a Private Collector, New York

137

Taya's Sun

signed "max ernst" lower right
oil on panel
13 x 9 3/8 in. (33 x 23.8 cm)
Painted circa 1961.

Estimate
$100,000 - 150,000 

Sold for $304,800

Contact Specialist

Annie Dolan

Specialist, Head of Sale, Morning Session
+1 212 940 1288
adolan@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 16 May 2023