Max ERNST Décervelages, IV - 1971 Collage on paper Signed lower right "max ernst Collage: 12,50 x 12 cm - 4 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. Background cardboard: 18,30 x 14 cm - 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. Provenance: Brigitte Schehadé, Beirut Art Centre, Lebanon Dieter Brusberg Gallery, Berlin Private collection, Berlin Sundheimer Gallery, Munich Acquired at this sale by the current owner Exhibitions: Hanover, Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammlung Sprengel, Max Ernst. Gemälde, Skulpturen, Collagen, Frottagen, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik und Bücher, 1981, n°57 reproduced in black and white p.84 Berlin, Galerie Brusberg, Cologne, Galerie Zwirner, Hommage an Max Ernst, Labyrinthes ne sont pas faits pour les chiens, Bilder und Blätter, August-December 1990, n°45 reproduced in black and white p.60 Cologne, Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Max Ernst, Jenseits der Malerei. Arbeiten auf Papier, September-November 1991, reproduced in black and white p.62 Bibliography: This work will be included in the next volume (works from 1970 to 1975) of the catalogue of the complete works of Max Ernst currently being prepared by Werner Spies, Sigrid Metken and Jürgen Pech. A certificate from Mr Jürgen Pech will be given to the buyer. Collage on paper; signed lower right Max ERNST Collage on paper; signed lower right