Max Ernst (1891-1976), Chéri Bibi, bronze with dark brown patina, signed, numbered and with the foundry mark "Cire Valsuani Perdue" on the cast plinth, copy 169/175, approx. 34.5 x 18.2 x 17 cm.
There are a total of three editions with different patinations. Created based on a plaster model from 1964.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, acquired in 2012 from Galerie Boisserée, Cologne.
LITERATURE: see Werner Spies, Max Ernst. Sculptures, houses, landscapes, exhibitions. Cat. North Rhine-Westphalia Art Collection Düsseldorf, Cologne 1998, p. 183 (with ill.); Jürgen Pech, Dear Bibi, in: Max Ernst - Plastic Works, Cologne 2005, p. 206 (with color illustration. p. 207).
Max Ernst (1891-1976), Chéri Bibi, bronze with dark brown patina, signed, numbered and with the foundry mark "Cire Valsuani Perdue" on the cast plinth, copy 169/175, approx. 34.5 x 18.2 x 17 cm.
There are a total of three editions with different patinations. Created based on a plaster model from 1964.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, acquired in 2012 from Galerie Boisserée, Cologne.
LITERATURE: see Werner Spies, Max Ernst. Sculptures, houses, landscapes, exhibitions. Cat. North Rhine-Westphalia Art Collection Düsseldorf, Cologne 1998, p. 183 (with ill.); Jürgen Pech, Dear Bibi, in: Max Ernst - Plastic Works, Cologne 2005, p. 206 (with color illustration. p. 207).
