Private Collection, Rhineland (acquired 1972 from the estate of the artist)

We would like to thank Samy Kinge, Paris, for kindly confirming the authenticity of the painting.

Zeichnungen, Gouachen, Ölbilder 1928-1938. Cologne, Galerie Dreiseitel, 1973, cat. no. 23, ill. / Victor Brauner. Miti, presagi, simboli . Opere dal 1929 al 1965. Lugano, Mostra promossa dal Dicastero Musei e Cultura della Città di Lugano, 1985, ill. p. 13 / Die Erfindung der Natur. Max Ernst, Paul Klee, Wols and das surreale Universum. Hannover, Sprengel Museum; Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein; Salzburg, Rupertinum, 1994, cat. no. 44, ill. p. 231 / Victor Brauner, Surrealist Hieroglyphs. Houston, The Menil Collection, 2001/02, cat. no. 9, ill. p. 75 / Victor Brauner. Der Phantastische Bilderbogen. Salzburg, Museum der Moderne, 2004, ill. p. 16 / Gegen jede Vernunft. Surrealismus Paris - Prague. Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum and Kunstverein, 2009 (according to label on the frame)