pastel crayon frottage on paper

signed 'max ernst' lower right

20.8 x 24 cm (8 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.)

Executed in 1971.

Dr. Jürgen Pech has confirmed the authenticity of this work, which will be included in the supplementary volume of the complete work of Max Ernst now in preparation, edited by Prof. Dr. Werner Spies in collaboration with Dr. Jürgen Pech and Dr. Sigrid Metken.

This work is a variant of the colour lithograph on the cover of the portfolio: Patrick Waldberg, Aux petits agneaux, Au Pont des Arts, Galerie Lucie Weill, Paris, 31st March 1971.