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Max Ernst

La Femme aussi

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Max Ernst

1891 - 1976


La Femme aussi

signed max ernst (lower right); titled (lower left)

chalk and frottage on paper

15 ¾ by 8 ⅞ in.

40 by 22.5 cm.

Executed in 1971-72.


Dr. Jürgen Pech has confirmed the authenticity of this work, which will be included in the supplementary volume of The Complete Works of Max Ernst now in preparation, edited by Prof. Dr. Werner Spies in collaboration with Dr. Jürgen Pech and Sigrid Metken.

Galerie Alphonse Chave (Pierre Chave), Vence (until at least 1973)

Galerie de Seine, Paris

Harald Loebermann, Nuremberg

Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above in 1996)

Michael Schultz, Berlin

Van Ham Kunstauktionen, Cologne, 1 June 2022, lot 85

Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)

Dorotheum, Vienna, 28 November 2023, lot 78

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Vence, Galerie Alphonse Chave, Max Ernst ne peint plus!, 1973, p. 43, illustrated in color; p. 9

Chemnitz, Kunstsammlungen; Salzburg, Museum der Moderne and Nuremberg, Kunstverein, Max Ernst. Graphik von 1936–1976. 170 Blätter aus der Sammlung Harald Loebermann, 1999, no. 106, p. 102, illustrated in color