Max Ernst - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Wednesday, November 16, 2022 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Galerie Otto Stangl, Munich
    Galerie de L'Ile de France, Paris
    Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1962)
    Thence by descent to the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Munich, Galerie Otto Stangl, Handzeichnungen, September 20–November 15, 1959, no. 21, n.p. (illustrated)

  • Literature

    Werner Spies, ed., Max Ernst, Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1939-1953, Houston, 1987, no. 3000, p. 351 (illustrated)

230

Deux personnages réciproques

signed and dated “Max Ernst 52” lower right; titled “2 personnages réciproques” lower left
collage and pencil on paper laid down on cardboard
10 5/8 x 8 in. (27 x 20.3 cm)
Executed in 1952.

Estimate
$15,000 - 20,000 

Sold for $17,640

Contact Specialist

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

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 16 November 2022