Lempertz · Lot 224
Untitled
Pastel
Original catalogue wording
Ohne Titel
pastel
Auction date : 2026-06-06
Published result : 6350 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 6000
View the lot at the auction house ↗SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
Max Ernst
Born : 1891Died : 1976Documented citizenships : Cuba · Germany · France · United States
Max Ernst, also referred to as Maximilian Ernst, was born in 1891 and died in 1976. The works listed under his name by the Art Institute of Chicago offer several dated reference points, from Dada Gauguin (1920) to Landscape (1957).
For the 1920s, this selection also includes The Blue Forest, dated 1925, and Human Figure with Two Birds, dated 1925/29. The listed titles then span several decades: Forest and Sun (1927), Garden Airplane-Trap (1935), Spanish Physician (1940), Summer Night in Arizona (1944) and Landscape (1957).
This profile brings together identity references for Max Ernst and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
33 references are documented at Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, Dobiaschofsky, Genève Enchères, Kornfeld, Germann, Lempertz, Schuler, Piguet. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Works recorded at auction
Kornfeld · Lot 124
A desert rose
Gouache
Original catalogue wording
Une rose du désert
gouache
Catalogue period : 2025-09-12
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 70000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Kornfeld · Lot 277
Landscape painter II
Gouache
Original catalogue wording
Paysagiste II
gouache
Catalogue period : 2025-09-11
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 25000
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Lempertz · Lot 210
La mer et la pluie
Bleistift und Frottage auf Papier, auf Pappe montiert
Auction date : 2024-06-05
Published result : 11340 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 8000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Kornfeld · Lot 35
Seashells
Gouache
Original catalogue wording
Coquillages
gouache
Catalogue period : 2023-06-16
Published result : 56000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 60000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Kornfeld · Lot 36
Arizona landscape
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Arizona-Landschaft
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2023-06-16
Published result : 130000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 100000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Kornfeld · Lot 38
Forest
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Forêt
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2022-06-17
Published result : 540000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 600000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Kornfeld · Lot 39
Seascape
Oil on cardboard
Original catalogue wording
Marine
Oil on cardboard
Catalogue period : 2022-06-17
Published result : 180000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 175000
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Lempertz · Lot 41
Flaneurs (Les enfants de la Huchette)
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Flaneurs (Les enfants de la Huchette)
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2021-12-03
Published result : 312500 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 250000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Kornfeld · Lot 43
The volcano
Oil on copper
Original catalogue wording
Le volcan
Oil on copper
Catalogue period : 2021-09-17
Published result : 60000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 80000
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Lempertz · Lot 55
Le facteur automne
Oil on wood
Original catalogue wording
Le facteur automne
Öl auf Holz
Auction date : 2021-06-17
Published result : 93750 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 60000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Kornfeld · Lot 47
Wild gestures for charm II — Two young women and a double man
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Gestes sauvages pour le charme II - Deux jeunes femmes et homme double
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2020-09-18
Published result : 600000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 600000
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Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer · Lot 450
Le Mont Chauve, 1955
Oil on wood
Original catalogue wording
Le Mont Chauve, 1955
Öl auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2019-06-19
Published result : 63328 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 50000–70000
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Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer · Lot 58
Morning lustre, 1966
Frottage, gouache and tempera on primed wood
Original catalogue wording
Lustrée matinale, 1966
Frottage, Gouache und Tempera aufgrundiertem Holz
Catalogue period : 2019-06-19
Published result : 37677 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 25000–35000
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Lempertz · Lot 339
Hector und Andromache
Gouache
Original catalogue wording
Hector und Andromache
gouache
Auction date : 2019-05-31
Published result : 13640 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 6000
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Lempertz · Lot 303
Zu: John Russell, Max Ernst. Leben und Werk, Köln 1966
Ink on paper
Original catalogue wording
Zu: John Russell, Max Ernst. Leben und Werk, Köln 1966
Tusche auf Papier
Auction date : 2018-11-30
Published result : 7440 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 6000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Kornfeld · Lot 46
Seascape
Oil on cardboard
Original catalogue wording
Marine
Öl auf Karton
Catalogue period : 2018-06-15
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 300000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Kornfeld · Lot 47
Effect of sunlight reflected in water
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Effet de soleil reflété dans l’eau
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2018-06-15
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 500000
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Lempertz · Lot 292
Untitled
Tuschfederzeichnung auf kariertem Karton
Original catalogue wording
Ohne Titel
Tuschfederzeichnung auf kariertem Karton
Auction date : 2018-06-01
Published result : 5332 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 5000
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Lempertz · Lot 402
Geburtsort
Gouache
Original catalogue wording
Geburtsort
gouache
Auction date : 2018-06-01
Published result : 7440 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 8000
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Schuler · Lot 3308
Bretonne
Gouache
Original catalogue wording
Bretonne
gouache
Catalogue period : 2017-12-15
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 12000–18000
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Lempertz · Lot 378
Porträt Karl Henk
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Porträt Karl Henk
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2017-12-01
Published result : 9920 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 10000
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Lempertz · Lot 379
Zu: John Russell, Max Ernst. Life and Work, New York 1967
Farbkreide und Tusche auf Papier
Auction date : 2017-12-01
Published result : 9920 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 6000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Kornfeld · Lot 35
World Owl
Gouache
Original catalogue wording
Welteule
gouache
Catalogue period : 2017-06-16
Published result : 40000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 50000
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Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer · Lot 227
Project for a monument to W. C. Fields, 1957
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Project for a monument to W. C. Fields, 1957
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2015-06-20
Published result : 84240 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 60000–80000
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Genève Enchères · Lot 55
Eternity
Gouache
Original catalogue wording
Eternité
gouache
Date to be documented
Published result : 17000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 7000–9000
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Dobiaschofsky · Lot 517
Untitled
Gouache
Original catalogue wording
Ohne Titel.
gouache
Date to be documented
Published result : 30000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 40000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Kornfeld
Landscape Painter III
Oil, bistre ink and coloured pencil on various papers laid on cardboard
Original catalogue wording
Paysagiste III
oil, bistre ink and colour pencil on various papers, laid down on cardboard
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Dobiaschofsky · Lot 564
Initial L
Collage and pen- or brush-and-ink drawing
Original catalogue wording
Initiale L.
Collage und Tuschfeder- bzw. Tuschpinsel-Zeichnung
Date to be documented
Published result : 16000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 16000
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Germann
Au coeur de l'hiver, 1957
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Au coeur de l'hiver, 1957
Öl auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Germann
Trois jeunes filles en de belles poses, 1927
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Trois jeunes filles en de belles poses, 1927
Öl auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Piguet
Lettrine D,
crayon
Catalogue period : 2014-12-10
Published result : 3800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
View the lot at the auction house ↗References excluded from statistics: attributions and special lots
These references are shown separately because of their attribution or lot composition. Each record states the reason.
Piguet
Entourage de Max Ernst — Le Hibou, juillet 1954,
Pastel
Original catalogue wording
Entourage de Max Ernst — Le Hibou, juillet 1954,
pastel
entourage de
Catalogue period : 2021-09-08 — 2021-09-22
Circle of
Published result : 1300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
View the lot at the auction house ↗Sources and references
- Reference record
- AGORHA · Reference link only; no institutional text or image copied.
- ARTIC · Reference link only; institutional text and images are not reproduced.
- ICCD-ArCo · CC-BY-4.0; Ministero della Cultura / ICCD-ArCo. Reference link only; no image copied.
- Met · CC0
- Met · CC0
- MoMA · CC0
- NDL · NDL Terms of Use (source attribution)
- NGA · CC0
- Documentary source
SwissArtGallery documentary note based on the cited sources. Titles, media and qualifications are provided in the profile language; the original catalogue wording remains available in each record.
Documentation updated : 2026-10-19