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Jimmy Ernst (1920-1984) American, Oil on Paper "Sea of Grass"
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Jimmy Ernst (1920-1984) American, Oil on Paper "Sea of Grass"

Estimate: $5,000 - $9,000
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Jimmy Ernst (1920-1984) American, Oil on Paper. Titled "Sea of Grass". Colorful landscape with reflections, grass, and water. Signed Jimmy Ernst and dated '82 in the lower right. 

Overall Size: 30 1/2 x 24 1/4 in. 

Sight Size: 23 3/4 x 17 1/2 in. 

Jimmy Ernst, son of surrealist Max Ernst, initially avoided art but began painting at twenty in a style of his own. Raised in Cologne by his Jewish mother, journalist Louise Straus, he developed strong ethics and fled Nazi Germany in 1938, just before Kristallnacht; his mother later died in a concentration camp. In the U.S., he worked at the Museum of Modern Art and as Peggy Guggenheim’s assistant, later teaching at several institutions including Brooklyn College and Pratt Institute. Known for his use of automatism and a vibrant "jazz" period, his work evolved into controlled black-and-white compositions. He traveled through Europe and Russia on grants, and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1983. He died in 1984 at age 63, shortly before a radio interview. He was married to Dallas Bauman Brody and had two children, Amy Louise and Eric.

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Overall Size: 30 1/2 x 24 1/4 in.

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