Max Ernst Allemand, 1881-1976
La Tourangelle, 1960
Polished brass with golden patina
27 cm
I/III HC
Signed, numbered and inscribed with the foundry mark 'Max Ernst I/III, Susse fondeur Paris'
Provenance
- Artist's sudio
- Jean Vautrin (gift on the occasion of the delivery of the Tours court métrage Prize in 1961)
Expositions
1996, « Max Ernst, Sculture/Sculptures », Museo di Arte contemporana Castelo di Rivoli, Cat. expo. p. 172.
1998, « Max Ernst, sculptures, maisons, paysages », Paris, Cat. expo. n°105, p. 187 (illustration du plâtre).
2000, « Max Ernst, The Surrealist Universe in Sculpture, Painting and Photography », Tokyo, Cat. expo. n°45, p. 65.
Literature
The sculpture is repertoried in the Catalogue of Max Ernst’s works, under the direction of W. Spies/Metken, Vol. VI, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, n°3821, p. 406.
J. Russel, « Max Ernst, Leben und Werk », Cologne, 1966, n°139, p. 326.
J. Pech, « Max Ernst, Plastische Werke », Cologne, 2005, p. 158-159.