24. 24AR MAX ERNST (1891-1976) Early lightning signed 'Max Ernst' (lower right), titled and dated '1925 Eclairs précoces' (lower left) rubbing and pencil on paper Executed in 1925 signed 'Max Ernst' (lower right), titled and dated '1925 Eclairs précoces' (lower left) frottage and pencil on paper Executed on 1925 20.9 x 16.2 cm. 8 1/4 x 6 3/8 in. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Dr. Jürgen Pech. Provenance Paul Éluard, Paris. René Gaffé, Brussels. Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 26 & 27 April 1956. Galerie Berggruen, Paris. Collection Edouard Loeb, Paris. Private collection, Paris. Collection Ernst O.E. Fischer, Krefeld. Private collection, Germany (then by descent in 1993). Exhibitions Paris, Galerie Berggruen & Cie, Histoire Naturelle, Dessins inédits, 1956. Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Zurich, Kunsthaus Max Ernst, 1962-1963, p. 56 no. 167. Zurich, Kunsthaus, Max Ernst: Frottages, Collages, Dessins, Graphiques, Livres, 16 August - 29 October 1978, no. 89. Tübingen, Kunsthalle, Bern, Kunstsammlung, Düsseldorf Kunsthalle, Max Ernst: Die Welt der Collage, 7 December 1988 - 12 February 1989, no. 118, illustrated p. 512. Bibliography E. Max, J. Arp, P. Eluard, Histoire Naturelle, Cologne 1965, illustrated p. 83. W.Spies S.G. Metken, Max Ernst Oeuvre-Katalog, Houston 1976, no. 888, illustrated p. 51.