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Max Ernst (German, 1891–1976)
LOT ID: 77143
La Cloche, 1967

Etching / Engraving, with watercolor
12 х 9.3 in. cm.
Signed, and numbered '37/99' in pencil in the margin
Edition 37/99
Foundry/Publisher Georges Visat
Lot description
Framed size: 23.9 x 20.5 inches (60.7 x 52.1 cm)

German artist Max Ernst (1891-1976) was a major contributor to the Surrealist art movement. In his works he proposed challenges to the conventional ways of thinking, exploring issues of morality and consciousness through innovative paintings, prints and sculptures. He experienced major success in the art world, particularly after 1928, and was generally thought of as a forerunner in the Modern European avant-garde.

During the artist’s long and prosperous career, he was awarded the Grand Prize for painting at the Venice Biennale (1954), and showed his work a major solo and group exhibitions around the world, including “Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, in 1936 and a major retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, in 1975, one year prior to his death.

Selected Public Collections:
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, NY)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY )
The Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco, CA)
Reina Sofía National Museum (Madrid, Spain)
Tate Gallery (London, UK)
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Madrid, Spain)
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