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 GardenAlternate Title
Le Soleil et la Mer