Max Ernst

Max Ernst 1891 - 1976 Ohne Titel. 1964. Oil on paper, laminated onto canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Also signed and dated on the reverse, as well as inscribed with the dedication “A Franco Russoli amicalement”. 26.7 x 20 cm (10.5 x 7.8 in). [KA]. • Pure abstraction in vibrant colors. • The shimmering surface creates a three-dimensional illusion. • From his mature period: Max Ernst was represented at documenta I, II, and III in Kassel in 1955, 1959, and 1964, respectively; in 1975, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York devoted a comprehensive retrospective to him. • Excellent provenance: Formerly in the collection of the prominent Italian art critic Franco Russoli, who received the work as a gift from the artist. • Most recently, works by Max Ernst were on view in the exhibition “Max Ernst bis Dorothea Tanning” at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin (October 2025–April 2026). Accompanied by a photographic certificate of authenticity issued by Mr. Werner Spies, Paris, on June 26, 2006. PROVENANCE: Collection of Franco Russoli, Milan (received as a gift from the artist). Private collection, France. Galerie Thomas Salis, Salzburg (presumably since 2006, Sotheby’s). Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 2007). LITERATURE: Werner Spies (ed.), edited by Werner Spies, Sigrid and Günter Metken, Max Ernst. Catalogue Raisonné. Werke 1964–1969, Cologne 2007, CR no. 3960 (with ill.). - - Sotheby’s, London, Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale, June 20, 2006, lot 390 (with ill.). Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 18.08 h +/- 20 min.

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