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Capricorn, (sculpture). Artist:  Ernst, Max, 1891-1976, sculptor. Susse Fondeur, founder. Title:  Capricorn, (sculpture). Dates:  Modeled 1948. Cast 1963. Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  89 x 82 x 55 1/4 in. Inscription:  (Right side of base, far right:) 0/V Max Ernst (Right side, top of base at back:) Susse Fondeur, Paris signed Description:  A king with a mask-like face and goat's horns of the zodiac sign for Capricorn. Next to the king is a queen who has the tail of a fish and a head resembling an Eskimo mask. The king holds a staff in his proper right hand. There is also a half-human half-fish figure and a dog-like creature. Subject:  Abstract Figure male Figure female Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat Emblem -- Zodiac Fantasy -- Animal -- Dog Allegory -- Other -- Ernst, Max Allegory -- Other -- Tanning, Dorothea Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City Sculpture Owner:  On loan to Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111 Lent by Hall Family Foundations, Kansas City, Missouri Provenance:  Acquired from Nasher, Raymond D., Mr. & Mrs., Dallas, Texas Purchased from Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, New York Sale May 14, 1985. Formerly in the collection of Mallin, Joel, New York, New York Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland Ernst, Jimmy, East Hampton, New York Remarks:  Cast no.1. The original edition consisted of six casts (numbered 0/V to V/V), but Ernst extended the edition in the mid-seventies, creating four more casts before his death. Two additional casts were made posthumously. References:  Dallas Museum of Art, 1987, "A Century of Modern Sculpture: The Patsy and Raymond Nasher Collection." "Noteworthy," Museum News: Nov./Dec. 1991. Illustration:  "A Century of Modern Sculpture: The Patsy and Raymond Nasher Collection," Dallas Museum of Art, 1987, pg.58. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 87590013   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87590013 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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