Le passé et le présent (Past and Present)
Max Ernst (Brühl 1891 – Paris 1976)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1935
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
651 x 1088 x 20 mm
Place of origin
Paris
Order this imageCollection
2 Willow Road, London
NT 112786
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Le passé et le présent (Past and Present) (diptych) by Max Ernst (Brühl 1891 – Paris 1976), inscribed on reverse of canvas 'le passé et le present / max ernst / 1935'. The left hand panel depicting the outline of a head in profile on a blue background with other floating shapes. The right hand panel mirroring the left but on a background comprising geometric and curvilinear lines bisecting each other and dividing the ground into areas of bold colour. Within a simple stained pine frame, with a vertical stretcher dividing the two panels of the painting.
Provenance
Acquired by Ernö Goldfinger; purchased by the National Trust with assistance from the V&A Purchase Grant Fund and the Geoffrey Dunn Bequest, 2000.
Credit line
2 Willow Road, The Ernö Goldfinger Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom right hand corner: max ernst Reverse, on canvas top right (with later backboard removed): Le passé et le present / max ernst / 1935 Reverse, on canvas top centre (with later backboard removed): illegible inscriptions covered over in black paint Reverse, on canvas top left (with later backboard removed): Canvas stamp Stretcher bar, bottom centre: Exhibition label for the Musée National d'Art Moderne (Max Ernst exhibition, 13 November - 31 December 1959) Stretcher bar, left Back of frame, right: Transport label: Hasenkamp, Köln Back of frame, top centre: Transport label: Pitt & Scott Ltd. / 20/24 Eden Grove, London N7 8ED / Max Ernst Retrospective Exhibition / Item no. 3. / Past and Present 1932-34
Makers and roles
Max Ernst (Brühl 1891 – Paris 1976), artist
