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In a Modernist Light: Important Works from a Private Collection
MAX ERNST (1891-1976) AND WILLIAM COPLEY (1919-1996)
Schachfiguren (Max Ernst); Chess Board (William Copley)
Details
MAX ERNST (1891-1976) AND WILLIAM COPLEY (1919-1996)
Schachfiguren (Max Ernst); Chess Board (William Copley)
signed and dated 'CPLY 62' (on the chess board)
thirty-two chess pieces (maple and walnut) with chess board (oil on canvas laid down on panel)
Pawns: 2 x 2 x 2 in. (5 x 5 x 5 cm.)
Queens: 5 x 2 x 2 in. (12.2 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm.)
Board: 27 x 27 in. (68.6 x 68.6 cm.)
Chess pieces conceived in Great River in summer 1944; Chess board executed in 1962
Schachfiguren (Max Ernst); Chess Board (William Copley)
signed and dated 'CPLY 62' (on the chess board)
thirty-two chess pieces (maple and walnut) with chess board (oil on canvas laid down on panel)
Pawns: 2 x 2 x 2 in. (5 x 5 x 5 cm.)
Queens: 5 x 2 x 2 in. (12.2 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm.)
Board: 27 x 27 in. (68.6 x 68.6 cm.)
Chess pieces conceived in Great River in summer 1944; Chess board executed in 1962
Provenance
Dorothea Tanning, Paris (1960; chess pieces).
William Copley, New York (1962; chess pieces and board); sale, Sotheby, Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 6 November 1979, lot 267.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the late owners.
William Copley, New York (1962; chess pieces and board); sale, Sotheby, Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 6 November 1979, lot 267.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the late owners.
Literature
G. di San Lazzarro, ed., "Homage to Max Ernst, Special Issue" in XXe Siècle Review, New York, 1971, p. 60 (another example illustrated).
W. Spies and S. and G. Metken, Max Ernst: Oeuvre Katalog, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, vol. 5, p. 89, no. 2470.I (another example illustrated; chess pieces).
J. Pech, Max Ernst: The King Playing with The Queen, Berlin, 2002, pp. 21 and 26 (another example illustrated; chess pieces).
W. Spies and S. and G. Metken, Max Ernst: Oeuvre Katalog, Werke 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, vol. 5, p. 89, no. 2470.I (another example illustrated; chess pieces).
J. Pech, Max Ernst: The King Playing with The Queen, Berlin, 2002, pp. 21 and 26 (another example illustrated; chess pieces).
Exhibited
New York, The Jewish Museum, Max Ernst: Sculpture and Recent Painting, March-April 1966, p. 62, no. 102 (dated 1953).
New York, Arnold Herstand & Co., Max Ernst: Fragments of Capricorn and other Sculpture, November-December 1984, p. 20 (illustrated).
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Degas to Picasso: Modern Masters, April-June 1987, p. 38 (illustrated).
New York, Arnold Herstand & Co., Max Ernst: Fragments of Capricorn and other Sculpture, November-December 1984, p. 20 (illustrated).
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Degas to Picasso: Modern Masters, April-June 1987, p. 38 (illustrated).
Further Details
This work will be included in the forthcoming volume of the Max Ernst Catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared by Werner Spies in collaboration with Sigrid Metken and Jürgen Pech.
Presentado por
Emmanuelle Loulmet
Specialist, Head of the Impressionist and Modern Day Sale