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Oiseau en cage by Max Ernst, 1926, Oil and plaster on wood, sold Jun 2023Photo © Kornfeld — view this lot on Kornfeld ↗

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Oiseau en cage

Max Ernst (German, 1891–1976) · 1926

CHF 120,000 hammer

≈ $134,688≈ £104,922≈ €122,823

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Medium
Oil · Paintings all oil results →
As published: “Oil and plaster on wood”
Support
Panel
Category
Oil paintings
Dimensions
48 x 41 cm
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 278: Live Auction - Part 1 (278)
Date
June 16, 2023
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
34
Estimate
CHF 150,000 – — (≈ $168,360) (≈ £131,152) (≈ €153,529)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (7)
  • Collection Walter Schwarzenberg, Brussels
  • Auction Galerie Georges Giroux, Brussels, "Walter Schwarzenberg", 1/2 February 1932, lot 94, label on reverse
  • Auction Lempertz, Cologne, 8/9 December 1966, lot 185
  • Gallery Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf
  • Auction Sotheby's, London, 29 November 1972, lot 83/a
  • Beyeler Gallery, Basel, inv. no. 7781, purchased there in 1978 by
  • Private collection Switzerland
Exhibitions (7)
  • Brühl/Berlin 1951, Schloss Augustusburg/Haus am Wannsee, Max Ernst, Gemälde und Graphik 1920-1950, cat. no. 51
  • Düsseldorf 1951, Kunsthalle, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Max Ernst, cat. no. 17
  • Darmstadt 1952, Mathildenhöhe, Max Ernst, Surrealistische Kunst, cat. no. 62
  • Hamburg 1952, Amerikahaus, Max Ernst, Gemälde und Graphik 1920-1950, cat. no. 11
  • Leverkusen 1952, Städtisches Museum, Max Ernst Gemälde und Graphik, cat. no. 10
  • Basel 1974, Galerie Beyeler, Surréalisme et peinture, Kat. Nr. 12, reprod.
  • Basel 1974, Galerie Beyeler, Max Ernst, Kat. Nr. 8, reprod.
Literature (1)
  • Catalogue raisonné: Werner Spies/Günter Metken, Max Ernst, Werke 1925-1929, Cologne 1976, no. 1046

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