Ernst: A Suggestive Subjectivity

Result EUR833,000

Published on 09 January 2020, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Auction on 16 December 2019 - 15:00 (CET) - Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

With this portrait, Max Ernst acclaims Leonardo da Vinci, whose treatise inspired his painting.

Max Ernst (1891-1976), Project for a monument to Leonardo da Vinci, 1957, oil on... Ernst: A Suggestive Subjectivity

Max Ernst (1891-1976), Project for a monument to Leonardo da Vinci, 1957, oil on canvas signed, dated, titled and countersigned, 130 x 97 cm.
Result: €833,000
Adagp, Paris, 2019

In this portrait, you will have recognised Max Ernst's work painted in tribute to Leonardo da Vinci. The picture, which slightly exceeded expectations by…

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Ernst and Leonardo

Across the centuries, Touraine brought together the Surrealist and the Renaissance master, to whom Max Ernst paid a vibrant tribute in this late work.