Sale: 424 / Modern Art, June 11./13. 2015 in Munich Lot 272

 

272
Max Ernst
Chéri Bibi, 1973.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,800
Sold:
€ 10,625 / $ 11,475

(incl. surcharge)
Chéri Bibi. 1973.
Bronze with black gray patina.
Verso of plinth's edge with artist's name and scratrched number and barely legible foundry mark "Cire Valsuani Perdue". From an edition of 175 copies. 33.5 x 18.5 x 17 cm (13.1 x 7.2 x 6.6 in).
Cast by Valsuani Paris. A total of three editions with different patinas are in existence. Made after a gypsum model from 1964. [CB].

LITERATURE: Jürgen Pech, Lieber Bibi, in: Max Ernst - Plastische Werke, Cologne 2005, p. 206 (with color illu. Farbabb. S. 207).




272
Max Ernst
Chéri Bibi, 1973.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,800
Sold:
€ 10,625 / $ 11,475

(incl. surcharge)