Galerie Alphonse Chave, Vence
Galleria Alexander Iolas, Milan
Attilio Codognato, Venice
Private Collection, Italy (acquired circa 1973)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Werner Spies, Sigrid & Günter Metken (eds.), Max Ernst Œuvre-Katalog Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, vol. V, no. 3200, illustrated p. 80 (with incorrect medium)

Executed on a textured printed paper (probably wallpaper), attached to the artist's mount along the upper edge. There are some diagonal creases to the upper left corner of the image sheet and a couple of tiny nicks to the upper edge. The sheet is slightly time-stained and there are some very minor scattered spots of foxing to the mount. There is a small spot of what appears to be glue residue to the lower centre of the image sheet. This work is in overall good condition.
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We are grateful for the assistance of Dr. Pech in the cataloguing of this work.