Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Dans les rues d'Athènes, 1960
Sculpture · ed. 5/5
Phillips · Nov 19, 2025$1,534,000 ≈ £1,169,029 ≈ €1,324,355Sign up free to see price
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Portrait de Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel
Max Ernst (German, 1891–1976) · 1965
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$176,400 price realized incl. premium
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “collage and oil on wood panel”
- Support
- Panel
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated "max ernst 65" lower right; signed, titled and dated "Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel max ernst 1965" on the reverse · Max Ernst signature
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 39 1/2 x 20 in. (100.3 x 50.8 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale (NY010721)
- Date
- November 17, 2021
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 48
- Estimate
- $200,000 – $300,000 (≈ £148,622 – £222,932) (≈ €176,741 – €265,111)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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