Max Ernst

Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York (acquired in 1957)

William N. Copley, New York 

Barnet Hodes, Chicago 

Private Collection, Switzerland 

Sotheby's, London, 2 December 1986, lot 77 (consigned by the above) 

Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above)

Sotheby's, London, 4 February 2003, lot 42 (consigned by the above) 

Robert Wylde, London (acquired from the above) 

Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 2007, lot 48 (consigned by the above) 

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Patrick Waldberg, Max Ernst, Paris, 1958, p. 423, illustrated in color 

Shuzo Takiguchi, Max Ernst, Tokyo, 1960, p. 57, illustrated in color 

Georges Bataille, Les Larmes d'eros, Paris, 1964, p. 193 

John Russell, Max Ernst, Life and Work, New York, 1967, no. 108, p. 347, illustrated 

Edward Quinn, Max Ernst, Paris, 1976, no. 365, p. 295, illustrated 

Werner Spies, Max Ernst Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3278, p. 120, illustrated

New York, Alexander Iolas Gallery, 1957 

Kassel, Documenta II, 1959, no. 5 

Paris, Musée d'art moderne, Max Ernst, 1959, no. 85, illustrated