oil on canvas
25 x 31,5 cm

Provenance:
– private collection of Toyen (located in the collection until her death in 1980)
– Auctioned from Toyen’s own collection (estate of Toyen, Vincent F. Wapler, 21 June 1982, no. c. 8)
– First owner of the work: Swiss collector Jean-Paul Jungo

Exhibited:
– Toyen, Stone Bell House, Prague City Gallery, 12. 05 –06. 08. 2000
– Toyen, Musée d’art moderne, St. Etienne, 28. 06.–30. 09. 2002
– Toyen, Galerie Les Yeux fertinels, 15. 10.–11. 12. 2004

Publicated:
– Karel Srp, Toyen, Prague 2000, p. 17, fig. no. 2
– Karel Srp, Toyen, une femme surrealiste, Artha St. Etienne 2002, p. 40, fig. no. 3
– Toyen, Klovićevi Dvori Gallery, Zagreb, 03. 04.–19. 05. 2002, full-page reproduction p. 69
– Toyen, Galerie Les Yeux fertinels, 15. 10.–11. 12. 2004, p. 7, fig. no. 2

The painting was given a large part in the recent feature-length documentary film by director Andrea Sedlackova, entitled Toyen – Baroness of Surrealism.

Expertise by the recognized authority Dr Karel Srp, author of a monograph on the artist and curator of many Toyen exhibitions at home and abroad.

Consulted with Dr Irena Zantovska Murray HonFRIBA, Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Jiri Machalicky and Vladimir Lekes.