Provenienz
1Mr. Baumgartner Haid/Konzell • Lower Bavaria AStEGB, Letter from Julius Böhler, Munich, to Emil Bührle, 18 March 1953, according to which the sculpture had been kept previously in a chapel near Haid/Konzell (Lower Bavaria); Mr. Baumgartner is identified as the owner of a brewery.
2Julius Böhler Munich AStEGB, Request for an import licence for a wooden sculpture, filled out on behalf of Emil Bührle, 5 January 1953, and identifying Julius Böhler, Munich, as the provider of a wooden sculpture Virgin and Child, sent to Switzerland on 2 October 1952. The declared value is CHF 15.600.
3Emil Bührle Zurich • 9 December 1952 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from the above, AStEGB, Entry Book I, 31 October 1952, and Letter from Julius Böhler, Munich, to Emil Bührle, 9 December 1952, acknowledging receipt of an amount of DM 10.300 to cover an invoice (now lost) of 9 November 1952.
4Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. P29.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation
E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich