The Fatigue of the Marionettes

Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right, in pen and ink): Man Ray 1919 ; Inscribed (upper left, in pen and ink): La fatigue des marionettes

William S. Lieberman, New York (by 1966–d. 2005; on extended loan to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1974–2002; his bequest to MMA)

Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France. Selections from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art," June 12–September 8, 1974, no. 97 (as an extended loan to MoMA).

Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden. "Amerikanische Zeichner des 20.Jahrhunderts—Drei Generationen von der Armory Show bis heute," May 27–July 11, 1976, no. 36 (as "Abgeschlaffte Marionetten [Fatigue of the Marionettes]"; lent by the Museum of Modern Art, New York).

Tel Aviv Museum of Art. "American Art in the Twentieth Century: The Tel Aviv Museum Hosts the Museum of Modern Art, New York," February 18–April 12,1980, no. 109 (as "The Collapse of the Marionettes").

London. Serpentine Gallery. "Man Ray," January 8–March 12, 1995, unnumbered cat. (lent by the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Anonymous extended loan).

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Surrealism: Desire Unbound," February 6–May 12, 2002, not in catalogue.