Auction on
20 November 2020 - 15:00 (CET) -
10, rue Rossini - 75009 Paris
An artist (Max Ernst), a gallerist (Henri Creuzevault) and an encounter: although there was nothing surrealistic about it, the result beckons us to look beyond what we see.
Max Ernst (1891-1976), Forêt, 1927, oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm. Estimate: €300,000/500,000
Max Ernst (1891-1976), Forêt, 1927, oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm. Estimate: €300,000/500,000
Max Ernst’s far-away forests hardly look like appealing places for a night stroll. Not even the moon, depicted here as one of s aturn’s rings, evokes a sense of security or serenity. All it does is shine a halo of clarity on a dusky sky and a composition offering no way out. More mineral…
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