MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Masque (P.H. 1451)
stamped with the artist's signature, the François and Pierre Hugo reference number and numbered 'Max Ernst / 2353 / 1451 / EXEMPLAIRE D'ARTISTE / 2/2' and stamped with the goldsmith's mark and the French assay mark (on the reverse)
medallion
Diameter: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1959 and executed in 1961, in a numbered edition of eight plus two exemplaires d'artiste and two exemplaires d'auteur; with a wooden case. This is one of the two exemplaires d'artiste.

C. Siaud & P. Hugo, Bijoux d'artistes, Hommage à François Hugo, Aix-en-Provence, 2001, no. 1451 (another example illustrated p. 108).
W. Spies & S.G. Metken, Max Ernst Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3782, (another example illustrated p. 382).

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