Max Ernst
Brühl 1891 – 1976 Paris
”Plantation farcineuse hydropique parasite”. 1921
Watercolour and pencil on half-tone process (overpainting), laid down on heavy paper. 7,8 × 11,8 cm (17,9 × 22,9 cm). (3 ⅛ × 4 ⅝ in. (7 × 9 in.)) Titled and dated with pen and India ink over the image on the support sheet: plantation farcineuse hydropique parasite / 1921. Signed lower right: max ernst. Catalogue raisonné: Spies/Metken 432. Support sheet time staining. [3144] Framed
ProvenanceTristan Tzara, Paris / Rudolf Zwirner Collection
EUR 30.000 – 40.000
USD 32,300 – 43,000
ExhibitionExposition Dada Max Ernst, La Mise sous Wisky Marin. Paris, Galerie Au Sans Pareil, 1921, cat. no. 14 / Dada. Dokumente einer Bewegung. Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle; Frankfurt a.M., Kunsthalle; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1958/59, cat. no. 304 and 299, ill. in the cat. Amsterdam / Max Ernst. Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, 1959, cat. no. 130 / Max Ernst. Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and Zurich, Kunsthaus, 1962/63, cat. no. 153 / Dada. Ausstellung zum 50jährigen Jubiläum. Zurich, Kunsthaus and Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, 1966/67, cat. no. 72 / Max Ernst. Dada and the Dawn of Surrealism. New York, Museum of Modern Art; Houston, The Menil Collection; Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, 1993, cat. no. 89, ill. 91 / Die Erfindung der Natur. Hannover, Sprengel Museum; Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein; Salzburg, Rupertinum, 1994, cat. no. 60
Literature and IllustrationGeorges Hugnet: L'aventure Dada (1916-1922). Paris, Seghers, 1971, ill. unpaginated
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