Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning in the garden of her house at Seillans 1966. He holds the painting Schmetterling-Steuerzahler (papillon contribuable), for which he has used a piece of wallpaper, a flybat and a note from the income tax officer concerning his income tax return.

In the garden of the Seillans home he shared with his wife, Dorothea Tanning, Max Ernst sits on a white outdoor table in 1966. Wearing a light blue V-neck sweater, the artist presents his mixed-media collage, *Schmetterling-Steuerzahler* (The Taxpaying Butterfly). The piece humorously incorporates unconventional materials, including a strip of floral wallpaper, a green flyswatter, and an official notice from the tax office, visible as a yellowed envelope affixed to the composition.

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"Schmetterling-Steuerzahler" ("Papillon contribuable"). Seillans 1965.

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