Max ERNST - Abstract composition - Original drawing in purple felt-tip pen

Max ERNST - Composition abstraite - Dessin original au feutre mauve 2

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Max ERNST (1891 - 1976), German-American-French artist Abstract composition Purple felt-tip drawing, 11.1 x 35.3 cm. Signed and dedicated (“to François di Dio, his friend Max Ernst”) in pencil at the bottom right and left. This drawing served as an illustration for the cover of the work “L’Oiseau caramel” by Robert Lebel, in current edition, published in Soleil Noir in 1969, under the direction of François Di Dio. Provenance: François Di Dio, Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn (1931 - 2018) Dadaist and surrealist collection. François Di Dio (1925 - 2005). French writer and editor of the famous Le Soleil noir editions. A friend of the surrealists whose works he discovered during a retrospective in 1947 at the Maeght gallery in Paris, he reinvented, at the beginning of the 1960s, the concept of the multiple “book-object”, edition of the same poetic text in three limited series, thanks to the joint work of one or more recognized artists, typographers, bookbinders: Max Ernst, André Breton, Marcel Duchamp and Alberto Giacometti are there.

Dimensions :
- Height : 11,1 cm
- Width : 35,3 cm

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Alberto Giacometti : (1901-1966) is a swiss painter and sculptor, one of the most important artist of the XXth century. He is considered as close to the surrealists. His works are sought for by collectors around the world. In 2010, the sculpture "L'Homme qui marche I" was sold 74,2 millions of euros, three times more than its original estimation. Two small sculptures, entitled "Projet pour un monument pour Gabriel Péri" and "Projet pour une place" were sold in 2007 1,5 M€. His works are conserved in the most prestigious museums in the world.