Back side
193
Max Ernst
Chéri Bibi, 1973.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 13,200 Sold:
€ 15,375 / $ 16,912 (incl. surcharge)
Cheri Bibi. 1973.
Bronze with dark red-brown greenish patina.
Verso of edge of plinth with name, number and foundry mark "Cire Valsuani Perdue". One of 175 copies. 33,5 x 18,5 x 15,5 cm (13,1 x 7,2 x 6,1 in).
Cast by Valsuani Paris. All in all, three editions with different degrees of patination are in existence. Made after a gipsum model from 1964. [KP].
LITERATURE: Jürgen Pech, Lieber Bibi, in: Max Ernst - Plastische Werke, Cologne 2005, p. 206 (with color illu. on page 207).
Bronze with dark red-brown greenish patina.
Verso of edge of plinth with name, number and foundry mark "Cire Valsuani Perdue". One of 175 copies. 33,5 x 18,5 x 15,5 cm (13,1 x 7,2 x 6,1 in).
Cast by Valsuani Paris. All in all, three editions with different degrees of patination are in existence. Made after a gipsum model from 1964. [KP].
LITERATURE: Jürgen Pech, Lieber Bibi, in: Max Ernst - Plastische Werke, Cologne 2005, p. 206 (with color illu. on page 207).
193
Max Ernst
Chéri Bibi, 1973.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 13,200 Sold:
€ 15,375 / $ 16,912 (incl. surcharge)