Max Ernst

Alexander Iolas, New York

Private collection (gift from the above circa 1970)

Christie's, New York, 15 May 2015, lot 1324 (consigned by the above)

Private collection, Europe (acquired at the above sale)

Thence by descent to the present owners

New York, Alexander Iolas Gallery, Max Ernst, Dancers Under the Starry Sky, 1951

Houston, Contemporary Arts Association, Max Ernst, 1952, no. 21

Athens, Aithousa Technis Athinon, Jean & Karen Bernier and Desmos Art Gallery, Max Ernst, 1978, no. 1

Jacques Dupin, "Les dernières peintures de Max Ernst", Cahiers d'Art, vol. 28, no. 1, June 1953, p. 95, illustrated (titled Etude pour un ciel)

Patrick Waldberg, Max Ernst, Paris, 1958, pp. 356, illustrated (titled Study for a portrait of Dorothea Tanning and dated 1952)

Edward Quinn, Max Ernst, New York, 1977, no. 338, p. 276, illustrated (titled Study for a portrait of Dorothea Tanning and dated 1952)

Werner Spies, Sigrid & Günter Metken, Max Ernst Œuvre-Katalog, Werke, 1939-1953, Cologne, 1987, no. 2910, p. 309, illustrated (incorrectly catalogued as oil on canvas)