Max ERNST (1891-1976). - Lot 199

Max ERNST (1891-1976). Two Assistants. Sculpture in plaster. 1967. 37 x 43 x 42 cm. (small restoration on the base). Note: The work presented here is the first version imagined and realized by Max Ernst. A second known plaster version served as the basis for the bronze proof. This version is now in the collection of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf and reproduced in Werner Spies (ed.), Max Ernst OEuvre-Katalog, vol. 7, Werke 1964-1969, bearbeitet von Werner Spies, Sigrid und Günter Metken und Jürgen Pech, Cologne 2007, no. 4593, p. 378. This work was created for the Amboise fountain, inaugurated in 1968. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Dr. Jürgen Pech. This work will be included in the next supplement to the Max Ernst catalog raisonné, currently in preparation. Provenance: The works from the studio were given by Max Ernst to Gilles Chauvelin and Simone-Issaud, his second wife, then by direct succession. Bibliography: - W. Spies, S. Join-Lambert, J. Drost, T. Wessolowski, Max Ernst: Le Jardin de la France, October 29, 2009, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours. - W. Spies, Max Ernst: Sculptures, Maisons, Paysages, Paris, 1998.