Provenienz

1Art trade Paris • 1908/10 AStEGB, Letter from Wilhelm Wartmann [Director of the Kunsthaus] Zurich, to Emil Bührle, 1 July 1948, quoting a letter from Claude Vallotton, Lausanne, to the Kunsthaus in regard to the painting’s provenance, according to which the painting had been bought by Claude’s father Paul Vallotton ca. 1908/10 from either the Bernheim-Jeune or the Druet Galleries.

2Galerie Paul Vallotton Lausanne • 1908/10–1944 The offer by Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne, to the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft to purchase the painting for CHF 5.500 was discussed among the Collection Committee in the meeting of 10 November 1944. Upon Emil Bührle’s proposal to acquire the painting in case the Committee shouldn’t wish to do so, the Committee relinquished the purchase, Archive Kunsthaus Zurich, Archive Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft / Kunsthaus Zürich, Sammlungskommission, Minutes of 10 November 1944.

3Emil Bührle Zurich • 23 November 1944 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from the above for CHF 5.500, AStEGB, Letter from Maxime Vallotton, Lausanne, to Emil Bührle, 23 November 1944, acknowledging receipt of the above amount, to balance the invoice [now lost] made out on 14 November 1944.

4Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, to be sold for the benefit of the Foundation Zurich • 1960 AStEGB, Charter of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, 24 February 1960, List of Objects to be Sold, Paintings, no. 14.

5Transferred to the permanent collection of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1965 Inv. 171, Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Annual Report 1965, p. 1.

AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich