Untitled, from La Loterie du jardin zoologique

MAX ERNST (1891-1976) Untitled, from La Loterie du jardin zoologique etching, on wove paper, 1951, signed and dedicated 'For Walter Beyer with...Max Ernst' in blue ballpoint pen, annotated 'epreuve d'essai' (a proof before the edition of 68 with aquatint), published by Librairie Les Pas Perdus, Paris, with margins, a flattened fold across the lower margin Image: 4 5/8 x 3 ½ in. (118 x 89 mm.) Sheet: 9 7/8 x 5 in. (251 x 127 mm.)