chalk pastel frottage on paper

signed 'max ernst' lower right

27.3 x 22.6 cm (10 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.)

Executed in 1974.

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.