Bidspirit auction | Max Ernst: Clairière

Max Ernst: Clairière - ERNST, MAX 1891 Bruehl - 1976 Paris Title: Clairière. Date: 1958. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 61 x 50cm. Notation: Signed and dated lower right: max ernst 58. Additionally signed, dated and titled verso: CLAIRIÈRE max ernst 58. Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame. Provenance: - Galerie Edouard Loeb, Paris - Parke-Bernet, New York, auction, 25th October 1963, lot 43 - Maxwell Davidson, New York (label) - Private collection, New York - Galerie Beyeler, Basel (label) - Galerie Neher, Essen - Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from previous owner in 1989) - Independent foundation under the care of the German Foundation Centre, Essen Exhibitions: - Galerie Beyeler, Basel 1974 (label) - Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, 1985/1986 (label) - Runkel-Hue-Williams, London 1988/1989 (label) - Galerie Neher, Essen 1989 Literature: - Spies, Werner (ed.): Max Ernst - Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1954-1963, Houston/Cologne 1998, cat. no. 3356, ill. - Exhib. cat. Max Ernst, Retrospektive, Galerie Beyeler, Basel 1974, cat. no. 38, ill. - Quinn, Edward: Max Ernst, Texte: Max Ernst, Uwe M. Schneede, et al., Paris 1976, p. 310, no. 378, ill. - Exhib. cat. Max Ernst, Landschaften, Galerie Beyeler, Basel 1985, ill. - Exhib. cat. Max Ernst: Landschaften, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Basel 1985, ill. - Exhib. cat. Max Ernst, Paintings, Sculptures & Works on Paper, Runkel-Hue-Williams LTD, London 1988/1989, pp. 42/43, ill. - Exhib. cat. Moderne mit Tradition, Galerie Neher, Essen 1989, pp. 61/67, ill. - As one of the most important representatives of Dadaism and Surrealism, Max Ernst is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. - Impressive example of Ernst's specially developed technique, ”Grattage” - The bird symbolizes the artist's alter ego and is one of the most defining motifs in his oeuvre Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction.   Explanations to the Catalogue Max Ernst Rhenish Expressionism Dadaism Surrealism Modern Art 1950s Craftman's frame Birds Painting Oil on canvas