Max ERNST German/French/American, 1891-1976
La joie de vivre, 1936
Oil on canvas
15 x 21 1/4 in
38 x 54 cm
38 x 54 cm
Provenance
Private collection, Paris, gift from the artist
Private collection, acquired circa 1975
Christie’s New York, Impressionist & Modern Evening Sale n. 2437, May 4, 2011, lot 5
Private collection, New York
Exhibitions
Max Ernst Museum, Brühl, Germany, from June 2011 to July 2015, on loan.
New York, Di Donna, "Fields of Dream, The Surrealist Landscape", October 29 - December 18, 2015, col.
repr., p. 15, n. 3
Literature
W. Spies, S. and G. Metken, "Max Ernst, Oeuvre-Katalog", Werke 1929-1938, Menil Foundation, Houston,
Texas und DuMont Buchverlag, Koln, 1979, p. 368, n. 2265, repr.
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