Au premier mot limpide, 1923
Max Ernst
Information
Artist
Max Ernst
1891
Brühl, Deutschland
1976
Paris, Frankreich
Work data
Material/Technique
Oil on plaster mounted on canvas, mural painting from the house of Paul Eluard in Eaubonne
Signature
Bez. u.r.: "max ernst"
Accession Number
0197
Catalogue Raisonné
Spies/Metken 641
Acquisition year
1974
Provenance
The work “Au premier mot limpide” was painted by Max Ernst on the wall of Paul Eluard’s house in Eaubonne in 1923. Eluard sold the house in 1932, but the murals were preserved. In 1967, Eluard’s daughter had the works removed and mounted on canvas. They were then offered for sale by her and the André François Petit Gallery. The Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen purchased the painting “Au premier mot limpide” through Galerie Beyeler for its holdings in 1974.
Credit line
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Exhibitions
- Max Ernst. Sculptures Maisons Paysages/Skulpturen Häuser Landschaften, 4.9.-28.11.1998, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris/Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
- Unser 20. Jahrhundert - Meisterwerke von Picasso bis Beuys, 14.7.-28.10.2000, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
- La Révolution surréaliste/Surrealismus 1919-1944. Dalí, Max Ernst, Magritte, Miró, Picasso ..., 19.7.-23.11.2002, K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
- La Révolution surréaliste/Surrealismus 1919-1944. Dalí, Max Ernst, Magritte, Miró, Picasso ..., 5.3.-23.6.2002, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
- Max Ernst - Retrospektive, 22.1.-7.9.2013, Albertina, Wien/Fondation Beyeler, Riehen
- Vergessene Avantgarde - Queere Moderne , 19.9.2025-14.2.2026
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