Private collection and thence by descent to the present owner

Silvano Levy, Desmond Morris, Analytical Catalogue Raisonné, Petraco-Pandora, Belgium 2001, p.206, illustrated;
Silvano Levy, Desmond Morris, Fifty Years of Surrealism, Barr🧔ie&Jenkins, 1997, 🥃p.96, illustrated.

There is a minor scuff towards the left edge. There is an indentation within the upper right quadrant causing some paint to crack. Otherwise the work is in excellent condition. Held in a cream wooden frame.
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This work was executed in 1957 and is one of a series of thirty seven small oils on this theme produced after Morris' move to London in 1956.