Provenienz
1Maurice Gobin Paris AStEGB, Letter from Max Kaganovitch, Paris, to Walter Drack [curator of the Bührle Collection], 16 October 1953.
2Max Kaganovitch Paris • by 1953 Letter as above, n. (1).
3Emil Bührle Zurich • 15 August 1953 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from the above for FF 3.200.000, AStEGB, Notes regarding a visit of Max Kaganovitch in Oerlikon, 25 September 1953, with handwritten note «Géricault / FF 3.200.000 /– 900.000 payé à Paris / 2.300.000 / 900.000 à payer par le clearing» and Invoice («Facture conditionnelle») from Galerie Max Kaganovitch, Paris, made out to Kunsthaus Zurich, 21 July 1953 for the painting with a price of FF 900.000; Inventory Card Géricault, Combat, indicates 15 August 1953 as date of acquisition.
4Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 133.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation
E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich