Lot 6 | Max Ernst | L'Oiseau Janus

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04.06.2025 - ca.18:04 o'clock
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ERNST, MAX
1891 Bruehl - 1976 Paris

Title: L'Oiseau Janus.
Date: 1974 (draft).
Technique: Bronze.
Measurement: 44 x Ø 23cm.
Notation: Signed and inscribed on the upper footing: max ernst epr. d'essai.
Foundry Mark: Below foundry mark A. Valsuani Cire Perdu.
Number: épreuve d'essai.

This work originated from an edition of 20 copies, 8 épreuves d'artiste and some épreuves d'essai.

Provenance:
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia

Literature:
- Cf. Kaufmann, Susanne: Im Spannungsfeld von Fläche und Raum. Studien zur Wechselwirkung von Malerei und Skulptur im Werk von Max Ernst, Weimar 2003, no. 104
- Cf. Pech, Jürgen: Max Ernst. Plastische Werke, Cologne 2005, pp. 208-211, ill.


- The bronze is one of the most important sculptures from the artist's late work
- Impressive density of Max Ernst's artistic ideas bundled into one sculpture
- Far-reaching art-historical references up to the beginnings of Surrealism

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Marion Scharmann
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