Max Ernst - Maximiliana: Max Ernst from the Collection of Peter Schamoni, Online Auction London Wednesday, December 1, 2021 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Peter Schamoni, Munich

  • Literature

    Werner Spies and Helmut Leppien, Max Ernst Oeuvre-Katalog. Das Graphische Werk, Cologne, 1975, no. 98 C, p. 100 (another example illustrated)

MAXIMILIANA: MAX ERNST FROM THE COLLECTION OF PETER SCHAMONI

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Zu: Jacques Prévert, Les chiens ont soif

signed 'max ernst' lower right of both etchings and inscribed 'H.C.W' on the first page of the portfolio
2 etchings on BFH Rives paper, 26 lithographs on BFK Rives paper, in a softcover card portfolio in a hardcover portfolio
etching image 33.3 x 22 cm (13 1/8 x 8 5/8 in.)
etching sheet 43.2 x 31.2 cm (17 x 12 1/4 in.)
each lithograph image 43.6 x 31.1 cm (17 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.)
each lithograph sheet 43.6 x 61.2 cm (17 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.)
hardcover portfolio closed 46 x 33.3 x 3.3 cm (18 1/8 x 13 1/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
softcover portfolio closed 43.7 x 31.6 cm (17 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.)

Executed in 1964, this work is one of approximately 20 hors commerce impressions (the total edition was 320), published by Au Pont des Arts, Paris.

Estimate
£600 - 800 ‡♠

Sold for £882

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Maximiliana: Max Ernst from the Collection of Peter Schamoni, Online Auction

Online Auction 1 - 8 December 2021