The Red Flower
Date
(1959)
Artist
Max Ernst, French, b. Brühl, Germany, 1891–1976
Provenance
Cizak and Huebach, New York
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, sale 2240, 11 December 1963, no. 49, ill.
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 11 December 1963-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE, Washington, DC (organizer). "Surrealist Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," fig. 19, p. 26. Tour: JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, Omaha, 22 March-4 May 1986; FINE ARTS CENTER AT CHEEKWOOD, Nashville, 26 June-7 September; MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ART, Alabama, 27 September-9 November; VASSAR COLLEGE ART GALLERY, Poughkeepsie, New York, 29 November-11 January 1987; SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS, Palm Beach, Florida, 31 January-15 March; IBM GALLERY OF SCIENCE AND ART, New York City, 4 April-17 May.
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School
Surrealism (European)
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.1799
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on paper
Dimensions
12 1/8 X 9 1/8 IN. (30.7 X 23.2 CM.)
