Famille de l'artiste

Fragments of Capricorn and other sculpture, Sedona, Arizona-1948 (catalogue d'exposition), New York, 1984, no. 17
Werner Spies, Max Ernst, Œuvre-Katalog, Werke 1939-1953, Houston, 1987, no. 2644-I, illustration de la ve𓃲rsion en ciment p. 180

Attractive green patina. Apart from some minor wear to the patina at the extreme edges (top of the head, nose, base) this work is in very good condition.
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En 1946, Max Ernst s'installe à Sedona en Arizona. L'artiste décide alors de décorer deux murs extérieurs avec des masques qu'🧸il coule dans le béton afin de briser la sévérité et la continuité des murs. C'est 🔜ce procédé qui a donné leur nom à ces oeuvres qui ont depuis été fondues en bronze.

inscribed 'Max Ernst,' dated '48,' and numbered '4/VI' on the base, with the foundry mark 'MA CAST 91', and inscribed 'K' on the underneath; conceived in cement in 1948 and cast in bronze in an edition of six by the Modern Art Foundry, New York; the present bronze was cast in 1991.