Max Ernst

Joë Bousquet, Carcassonne (acquired from the artist)

Alexander Iolas, Paris (acquired by 1966)

Acquired from the above on 17 March 1976 by the present owner

Werner Spies, Sigrid Metken and Günter Metken, Max Ernst: Werke 1929-1938, Cologne, 1979, no. 1792, p. 117, illustrated

Werner Spies, Max Ernst. Loplop. The Artist's Other Self, London, 1983, no. 64, n.p., illustrated

Chicago, International Galleries, A Selection of Continental Watercolours and Drawings 1880-1965, 1966, no. 15, n.p., illustrated

Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Max Ernst Oltre la pittura, 1966, no. 109 (titled Sans titre and dated 1924)

Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Max Ernst, Malninger, collage, frottage, teckningar, grafik, bocker, sculpturer, 1969, no. 156

Paris, Grand Palais, Jean Paulhan à travers ses peintres, 1974, no. 545, p. 216 (titled Les Papillons and incorrectly catalogued)

Athens, Galerie Aithousa, Max Ernst, 1978, no. 13