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Sun and Sea

Object Details

Artist
Max Ernst, French, b. Brühl, Germany, 1891–1976
Date
(1928)
Medium
Oil on glass panel enclosed in painted wood and metal box
Dimensions
22 3/4 x 19 1/4 x 2 5/8 in. (57.7 x 48.8 x 6.6 cm)
Collection Object Type
Painting
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Accession Number
72.110

The Artist, Paris
Mrs. Wagner, Paris (acquired from Artist)
Dr. Michel Wagner, Paris (son of Mrs. Wagner)
Georges Martin du Nord, Paris
Sotheby, London, sale, 26 April 1967, no. 74, ill.
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 26 April 1967-1972
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, no. 394.

LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 690, colorpl. 394.
SPIES, WERNER. Max Ernst: Oeuvre Katalog, vol. 3, Max Ernst: Werke 1925-1929 (Houston: Menil Foundation, 1976), no. 1286, ill. p. 255.

Signature
Signed LR In Oil: Max Ernst
Inscriptions
Not DatedNo Inscriptions

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Alternate Title
Le Soleil et la Mer
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