Price database Browse What’s it worth?Sell your artwork Appraisals

Watchlist Sign in

Le volcan by Max Ernst, 1952, Oil on copper, sold Sep 2021

Photo © Kornfeld — view this lot on Kornfeld ↗

Thumbnail shown for reference only. Kornfeld holds the rights to its photography — see the full images on the original lot page ↗

Auction result

Le volcan

Max Ernst (German, 1891–1976) · 1952

More Max Ernst oil prices (81) →

CHF 60,000 hammer

≈ $64,662≈ £46,857≈ €54,891 Show prices also in

Sign up free to see all prices

You’ve used this month’s free price views. A free account shows the hammer price, buyer’s premium and price realized for every lot — no card, no fees.

Sign up free Sign in

Get alerts when Max Ernst sells at auction

Free. New results and upcoming sales, at most one email a day. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy

Medium: Oil · Paintings all oil results →
As published: “Oil on copper”
Support: Other support
Category: Oil paintings
Dimensions: 11,5 x 14,5 cm
Auction house: Kornfeld
Sale: Auction 274: Live Auction - Part 1 (274)
Date: September 17, 2021
Location: Bern, Switzerland
Lot: 43
Estimate: CHF 80,000 (≈ $86,216) (≈ £62,475) (≈ €73,188)
Source: Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026

Provenance (3)

Gallery Edwin Engelberts, Geneva
Auction Kornfeld Gallery, Bern, 26.6.1981, cat. no. 170, reprod. in colours; there purchased by
Private collection Switzerland

Literature (1)

Catalogue raisonné: Werner Spies/Günter Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1939-1953, Köln 1987, no. 2983, reprod.

As published by Kornfeld.

View this lot on Kornfeld ↗

Own a work by Max Ernst? Get a free auction estimate →

What is a Max Ernst worth? Price guide → · How to sell Max Ernst

Own this work? Add it to My Collection → Private to you, with alerts when comparable works sell.

Similar size by this artist

Works by Max Ernst with a longest side of about 14.5 cm (5.7 in) (±20 %).

Le Sonneur, Carte de l'Océan (The Ringer, Map of the Ocean), from 'La Chasse au Snark' ('The Hunting of the Snark') by Lewis Carroll (S. & L. 32) by Max Ernst, 1950, Etching, on Rives paper, with full margins, sold Oct 2026

Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗

Le Sonneur, Carte de l'Océan (The Ringer, Map of the Ocean), from 'La Chasse au Snark' ('The Hunting of the Snark') by Lewis Carroll (S. & L. 32), 1950

Etching · Paper

Phillips · Oct 22, 2026$6,450 ≈ £4,822 ≈ €5,756Sign up free to see price

Band I von Tristan Tzara: L'Antitête by Max Ernst, 1949, Buch mit 8 eingebundenen Farbradierungen auf Auvergne, sold Sep 2025

Photo © Van Ham — view this lot on Van Ham ↗

Band I von Tristan Tzara: L'Antitête, 1949

Etching · ed. 159/169

Van Ham · Sep 4, 2025€3,960 ≈ $4,612 ≈ £3,430Sign up free to see price

Untitled (from the Aux petits agneaux portfolio) by Max Ernst, 1971, lithograph in colors, sold Jul 2024

Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗

Untitled (from the Aux petits agneaux portfolio), 1971

Lithograph

Rago Auctions · Jul 12, 2024$441 ≈ £340 ≈ €405Sign up free to see price

Autograph by Max Ernst, ballpoint pen on paper; framed, sold Jun 2024

Photo © im Kinsky — view this lot on im Kinsky ↗

Other · Paper

im Kinsky · Jun 19, 2024€640 ≈ $688 ≈ £541Sign up free to see price

La mer et la pluie by Max Ernst, 1925, Pencil and frottage on paper, mounted on card, sold Jun 2024

Photo © Lempertz — view this lot on Lempertz ↗

La mer et la pluie, 1925

Drawing (pencil) · Paper

Lempertz · Jun 5, 2024€11,340 ≈ $12,329 ≈ £9,645Sign up free to see price

Plantation farcineuse hydropique parasite by Max Ernst, 1921, Aquarell und Bleistift auf Autotypie (Übermalung), auf festem Papier aufgezogen, sold May 2024

Photo © Grisebach — view this lot on Grisebach ↗

Plantation farcineuse hydropique parasite, 1921

Watercolor

Grisebach · May 30, 2024€76,200 ≈ $82,410 ≈ £64,849Sign up free to see price

All Max Ernst results of this size →

More results for Max Ernst

Image on Sotheby's website

Le Torse ailé, 1926

Other

Sotheby's · Oct 23, 2026$1,300,000 ≈ £972,472 ≈ €1,161,440Sign up free to see price

Figure (S. & L. 37) by Max Ernst, 1950, Etching and aquatint, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins, sold Oct 2026

Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗

Figure (S. & L. 37), 1950

Etching · Paper · ed. 9/30

Phillips · Oct 22, 2026$3,354 ≈ £2,507 ≈ €2,993Sign up free to see price

Le Sonneur, Carte de l'Océan (The Ringer, Map of the Ocean), from 'La Chasse au Snark' ('The Hunting of the Snark') by Lewis Carroll (S. & L. 32) by Max Ernst, 1950, Etching, on Rives paper, with full margins, sold Oct 2026

Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗

Le Sonneur, Carte de l'Océan (The Ringer, Map of the Ocean), from 'La Chasse au Snark' ('The Hunting of the Snark') by Lewis Carroll (S. & L. 32), 1950

Etching · Paper

Phillips · Oct 22, 2026$6,450 ≈ £4,822 ≈ €5,756Sign up free to see price

Fifteen works (from La Brebis galante) by Max Ernst, 1949, line blocks with pochoir, etching, etching and aquatint, and lithograph in colors on Arches, sold Oct 2026

Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗

Fifteen works (from La Brebis galante), 1949

Print (other) · Paper

Rago Auctions · Oct 14, 2026$5,376 ≈ £4,052 ≈ €4,802Sign up free to see price

Paroles peintes (1962) by Max Ernst, etching on paper, offered Oct 2026

Photo © Hagelstam — view this lot on Hagelstam ↗

Paroles peintes (1962)

Etching · Paper

Hagelstam · Oct 6, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve

Aus dem Tagebuch eines 1000 jährigen Astronauten by Max Ernst, 1970, collage, sold Sep 2026

Photo © Venator & Hanstein — view this lot on Venator & Hanstein ↗

Aus dem Tagebuch eines 1000 jährigen Astronauten, 1970

Mixed media

Venator & Hanstein · Sep 26, 2026€800 ≈ $912 ≈ £688Sign up free to see price

All results for Max Ernst →

Also in this sale

Auction 274: Live Auction - Part 1 · Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021

Pot à gingembre avec fruits et nappe by Paul Cézanne, Hammer price, sold Sep 2021

Photo © Kornfeld — view this lot on Kornfeld ↗

Pot à gingembre avec fruits et nappe

Other

Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021CHF 3,000,000 ≈ $3,233,100 ≈ £2,342,826 ≈ €2,744,567Sign up free to see price

Nature morte portugaise by Robert Delaunay, 1916, Oil on canvas, sold Sep 2021

Photo © Kornfeld — view this lot on Kornfeld ↗

Nature morte portugaise, 1916

Oil · Canvas

Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021CHF 3,000,000 ≈ $3,233,100 ≈ £2,342,826 ≈ €2,744,567Sign up free to see price

Green by Sam Francis, 1952, Oil on canvas, sold Sep 2021

Photo © Kornfeld — view this lot on Kornfeld ↗

Oil · Canvas

Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021CHF 2,000,000 ≈ $2,155,400 ≈ £1,561,884 ≈ €1,829,711Sign up free to see price

Buste d’Homme (New York II) by Alberto Giacometti, sold Sep 2021

Photo © Kornfeld — view this lot on Kornfeld ↗

Buste d’Homme (New York II)

Other

Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021CHF 1,700,000 ≈ $1,832,090 ≈ £1,327,601 ≈ €1,555,255Sign up free to see price

Stillleben mit gelber und weisser Kanne by Alexej von Jawlensky, sold Sep 2021

Photo © Kornfeld — view this lot on Kornfeld ↗

Stillleben mit gelber und weisser Kanne

Other

Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021CHF 1,650,000 ≈ $1,778,205 ≈ £1,288,554 ≈ €1,509,512Sign up free to see price

Verre et Bouteille (FOURRURES) by Georges Braque, Winter 1913/1914, Charcoal, wood grain paper and newspaper on paper, sold Sep 2021

Photo © Kornfeld — view this lot on Kornfeld ↗

Verre et Bouteille (FOURRURES), Winter 1913/1914

Drawing (charcoal) · Paper

Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021CHF 1,500,000 ≈ $1,616,550 ≈ £1,171,413 ≈ €1,372,284Sign up free to see price

All Kornfeld results →

Similar works

Oil results by other artists in a similar price range.

The Stronghold by Thomas Moran, 1920, oil on canvas, sold Nov 2026

Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗

The Stronghold, 1920

Oil · Canvas

Bonhams · Nov 3, 2026$64,700 ≈ £48,244 ≈ €57,424Sign up free to see price

Woman Sewing by Richard Edward Miller, circa 1927, oil on canvas, sold Nov 2026

Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗

Woman Sewing, circa 1927

Oil · Canvas

Bonhams · Nov 3, 2026$103,100 ≈ £76,877 ≈ €91,506Sign up free to see price

Autumn by Jervis McEntee, 1871, oil on canvas, sold Nov 2026

Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗

Oil · Canvas

Bonhams · Nov 3, 2026$41,600 ≈ £31,019 ≈ €36,922Sign up free to see price

At the Writing Desk by Childe Hassam, 1910, oil on panel, sold Oct 2026

At the Writing Desk, 1910

Oil · Panel

Brunk Auctions · Oct 29, 2026$130,000 ≈ £97,620 ≈ €116,801Sign up free to see price

Quai des Tuilleries by Childe Hassam, circa 1888-89, oil on panel, sold Oct 2026

Quai des Tuilleries, circa 1888-89

Oil · Panel

Brunk Auctions · Oct 29, 2026$170,000 ≈ £127,656 ≈ €152,740Sign up free to see price

After the Race by Jane Peterson, oil on canvas, sold Oct 2026

Oil · Canvas

Brunk Auctions · Oct 29, 2026$160,000 ≈ £120,147 ≈ €143,756Sign up free to see price

Artists related to Max Ernst

All Max Ernst results · More from Kornfeld · Art value guides