LOT DETAILS

Materials:

ink and collage on paper

Measurements:

8.86 in. (22.50 cm.) (height) by 7.13 in. (18.10 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'max ernst' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Vence, Galerie Alphonse Chave, Max Ernst, September - November 1966. São Paulo, Museu Brasileiro da Escultura Marilisa, Max Ernst: Esculturas, obras sobre papel, obras gráficas, July - September 1997, no. 84, p. 127 (illustrated).

Literature:

W. Spies, ed., exh. cat., Max Ernst, London, 1991, no. 114, p. 337 (illustrated). W. Spies, S. & G. Metken, Max Ernst, Œuvre-Katalog, Werke 1964-1969, Cologne, 2007, no. 4252, p. 206 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Alphonse Chave, Vence. Galerie Arditti, Paris. Galleria Tega, Milan. Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 22 June 2006, lot 183. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.