Provenance
1Henri Bernstein Paris • until 1910 Dauberville no. 995.
2Galerie Bernheim-Jeune Paris • 1910 Acquired from the above on 18 June 1910 for FF 6.500, Dauberville no. 995.
3Jean Laroche Paris • 1910–1911 Acquired from the above on 8 October 1910, Dauberville no. 995.
4Galerie Bernheim Jeune Paris • 1911 Bought back from the above on 17 January 1911 for FF 13.500 and subsequently taken over by Bernheim-Jeune fils, Dauberville no. 995.
5Galerie Durand-Ruel Paris • by 1913 Dauberville no. 995
6Martin A. Ryerson Chicago • 1913–[d.] 1932 Acquired from the above, Seven Centuries of Painting, A Loan Exhibition of Old and Modern Masters, (exh. cat.) California Palace of the Legion of Honour & M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco 1939–40, no. 137.
7Art Institute of Chicago 1932–1948 Gift from the above, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures, Lent from American Collections, (exh. cat.) Art Institute of Chicago 1933, no. 342.
8Paul Rosenberg New York • 1948–1952/53 Acquired from the above on 15 May 1948 for $ 20.000, when de-accessioned by the Art Institute of Chicago, Archive Paul Rosenberg Gallery, New York, Inventory Notebook, September 1952, pp. 8–9; AStEGB, Letter from Paul Rosenberg, New York, to Emil Bührle, 22 September 1952, accompanying individual invoices for 10 pictures which Bührle has acquired from him.
9Emil Bührle Zurich • 18 September 1953 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from the above for $ 65.000 minus a 10% discount ($ 6.500) = $ 58.500, AStEGB, Invoice from Paul Rosenberg, New York, made out to Emil Bührle, 22 September 1952; Letter from Emil Bührle to Paul Rosenberg, Zurich, 6 May 1953, accompanying a check in payment of 4 pictures and scheduling payments for 3 pictures still to be effected, including Renoir, Summer Hats; [2nd] Invoice from Paul Rosenberg, New York, made out to Emil Bührle, 14 September 1953, for 3 pictures valued at $ 138.600, including Renoir, Summer Hats, and deducting $ 19.220 for payment already effected; Payment order from Emil Bührle to Industrie- und Handelsbank, Zurich, 18 September 1953 ordering transfer of $ 119.380 to Paul Rosenberg; Correspondence regarding the import of the 10 pictures to Switzerland, 12 January 1956–22 June 1956, the Renoir figuring in the papers as «Renoir, The Flowered Hats», with a declared value of $ 12.500.
10Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 89.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation
E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich
