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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
Tags
Modern Art Surrealism
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