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Lithograph · ed. 15/450
Artmark · Sep 24, 2026€250 ≈ $284 ≈ £215Sign up free to see price
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Oiseau mère
Max Ernst (German, 1891–1976)
€400 price realized incl. premium
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “Etching and aquatint, ed”
- Edition
- 31/100
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right recto, numbered on the left
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- 25.79 x 19.68 in.
- Auction house
- Aste Bolaffi
- Sale
- AUCTION Modern and Contemporary Art (939)
- Date
- May 12, 2026
- Location
- Turin, Italy
- Lot
- 43
- Estimate
- €600 – €1,000 (≈ $704 – $1,174) (≈ £521 – £868)
- Source
- Auction house astebolaffi.it ↗Retrieved Oct 14, 2026
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