ERNST, MAX1891 Bruehl - 1976 Paris


Title: "L'oeil de Vincent".
Date: 1958.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 24 x 16cm.
Notation: Titled, signed and dated verso: L'OEIL DE VINCENT max ernst 58.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.


Provenance:
- Henrike Pretzell collection, Cologne (directly from the artist)
- Private collection Japan (ca. 1990 acquired from the previous owner)
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia

Literature:
- Spies, Werner (ed.): Max Ernst - Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1954-1963, Houston/Cologne 1998, cat. rais. no. 3378, ill.

- Long owned by the artist's family
- A personal statement that proves the importance of Vincent van Gogh for Max Ernst
- Offered on the art market for the first time.