Mixed media construction by American artist Jimmy Ernst. This construction consists of a painted metal disc which Ernst painted, then scraped, and manipulated the pigment to show some bare metal below. The disc is float-mounted above a painted masonite square.
It is signed and dated 1968.
I purchased this item in 2016 from a Stanford museum benefit sale. The museum had consigned the work to a New York gallery where the piece was priced well above market price. After not selling the work was returned to the museum and sold in their final benefit sale before the museum lost the use of the building for such sales to campus expansion. The piece is in excellent condition.
About the artist: Jimmy Ernst (American/German 1920-1984), was the son of important German surrealist artist Max Ernst. Jimmy was an important and influential 20th-century American artist associated with the surrealism movement and the New York abstract expressionism movement. Jimmy’s works have been included in many international exhibitions and are held in many major institutions including the Guggenheim, The Pennsylvania Academy of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the SFMOMA.
This work measures 12 inches square by 1.5 inches in depth.
Price $3500
