This etching was inserted into the volume of the same title as a supplementary suite to the deluxe edition of the book. It was printed from the same etching plate Ernst had created for the book’s illustrations; however, the background colors were omitted, and watercolor was added by hand, enhancing the playfulness of Ernst’s free-flowing, phantasmagorical forms.
Gallery label from Max Ernst: Beyond Painting, September 23, 2017-January 1, 2018.