Birds (Birds, Fish-Snake; Scarecrow)
Finding on the reverse:
On the canvas at the top handwritten signature of the artist: "Max Ernst", below handwritten in black: "Du. Oder D6", on the stretcher top left handwritten in blue: “UX R 24/30”, underneath in a different pen: presumably "M.N.V. 113", next to it a faded white rectangular sticker: “Haus am Waldsee / Bezirksamt ... Berlin / ... Kunst / Zehlendorf, Argentinische Allee 30 Berlin”, handwritten in red on it: “ BV 11 / (KIII, 4)”, in blue: "S3", right next to it a partially torn off yellowed sticker: “267”, next to it handwritten: “13 oder B” and “9986”, right centre handwritten: “IV”, bottom right handwritten: “K 6 oder G”, bottom centre stamped: “62”, bottom left label BStGS: "Inv. No.: 12260", above handwritten: “PR”, above a white rectangular sticker: "hasenkamp / Köln Hohenzollernring 35 / telefon 532485 telex 08881321 / exhibition: Max Ernst 1963 / title: Vögel, Fisch-Schlange / size: 58 x 63 / cat.no.: 6 / lender: Bayer. Staatsgemäldeslg. Munich", under this sticker another sticker legible only: "Wallraf-Richartz-Museum"
1929 - without date, Alfred Flechtheim Gallery, Berlin;
at least 1930 - n.d., 1947 at the latest, Johanna Ey (1864 - 1947), Düsseldorf;
at least 1951 - n.d., Otto Pankok (1893 - 1966), Düsseldorf;
n.d. - 1955, Galerie Hella Nebelung, Düsseldorf;
since 1955 , Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich, acquired as a purchase from Galerie Hella Nebelung, Düsseldorf (no. VII 43249 dated 30.06.1955)
Staatliche Museumsagentur Bayern
Referat für Provenienzforschung
Landshuter Allee 8
80637 München
Germany