Max Ernst

Paul Eluard, Paris
René Gaffé, Brussels
Galerie Berggruen, Paris
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, October 1956
John Rewald, New York
John Torson, New York
Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, New York, 1964
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Levy, New York
B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Paris, Berggruen & Cie, Max Ernst, Histoire Naturelle, Dessins inédits, 1956
Los Angeles, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Rewald, 1959, no. 41
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Chicago, The Art Institute, Max Ernst, 1961, no. 208
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Dada and Surrealism in Chicago Collections, December 1 to Janbuary 27, 1985 

Werner Spies, Max Ernst, Oeuvre -Katalog, Werke 1925-1929, Houston 1976, no. 840, illustrated

On thin paper laid down on to a larger sheet of stiff paper. The sheet is in generally good condition apart form surface soiling, some small stains and small remains of brown paper tape. There is discoloration afftecting the image and the support sheet, about 1/4 in. all round the outside of the image (corresponding to the present mat opening).
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