Artist: Max Ernst (German, 1891 - 1976).
Title: "Spiral Composition".
Medium: Original mixed media drawing.
Date: Composed 1930s?.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 9/16 x 6 1/8 in. (217 x 156 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed lower right. Light cream watermarked wove paper. Composed with ink and colored pencils. Condition: scattered foxing; staining and slight paper loss lower left edge due to rusty paper clip; script verso not visible recto; numerous small pinholes; else good. Provenance: A gift of the artist while living in Sedona, Arizona. Comment(s): Ernst was a painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, he was a primary pioneer of the Dada and Surrealist movements. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [26773-1-2000]

Condition: scattered foxing; staining and slight paper loss lower left edge due to rusty paper clip; script verso not visible recto; numerous small pinholes; else good