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MAX ERNST German 1891-1976 OOC Surrealist Scene

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MAX ERNST German 1891-1976 OOC Surrealist Scene
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Oil on canavs painting. Featuring a landscape scene with surrealist character. Signed and attr. Max Ernst (German, 1891-1976) on the lower right corner with gallery stamped on verso. Accompanied with a certificate of authenticity. 30.0 x 20.5 cm (11.8 x 8.1 inches). Max Ernst was a prominent German avant-garde artist who helped found both Dadaism and Surrealism. He worked in a variety of media including film, collage, painting, and frottage. In 1954, he received the Grand Prize for painting at the Venice Biennale, and a major retrospective of his work followed the next year at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. He died on April 1, 1976 in Paris, France. Today, Ernst’s works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Max Ernst Museum in Bruhl, Germany, among others. PROVENANCE: Private estate (Toronto, ON)