23. * AR MAX ERNST (1891-1976) Untitled signed 'Max Ernst' (lower right) collage on card Executed in 1971 signed 'Max Ernst' (lower right) collage on card Executed in 1971 7 x 3.8 cm. 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. Preparatory collage for illustration IX of the portfolio Décervelages by Alfred Jarry, published by Alexandre Iolas in 1971. Provenance Claus Runkel Fine Art, London. Sale, Lloyds International, London, 18 December 2004, lot 38. Private collection, United Kingdom (acquired in this sale). Bibliography W. Spies, H.R. Leppien, Max Ernst, Oeuvre-Katalog, Das Graphische Werk, Cologne, 1971, illustrated p. 191.