Provenance
1The estate of the artist Paris • 1917–1918 Catalogue des tableaux, pastels et dessins par Edgar Degas et provenant de son atelier (2e vente), Galerie Georges Petit, Paris (11–13 December 1918), no. 11 (ill.).
2Durand-Ruel New York • 1918 Acquired at the above sale for FF 11.200, Annotated copy of the above sale catalogue at the Musée d’Orsay (Documentation), Paris; inventoried after the purchase as no. 11398, Degas, (exh. cat.) Grand Palais, Paris etc. 1988–89, no. 361.
3Durand-Ruel Paris Lemoisne no. 996.
4Alphonse Kann St-Germain-en-Laye & London • until [d.] 1948 Lemoisne no. 996.
5Confiscated by the «Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg» (ERR no. Ka 15), and turned over to Hermann Göring 12 July 1941 Nancy H. Yeide, Beyond the Dreams of Avarice, The Hermann Goering Collection, Dallas 2009, no. D27.
6Traded to Galerie Fischer in exchange for works of art Lucerne • 22 October 1941 Yeide, as above, n. (5); Esther Tisa Francini etc., Fluchtgut, Raubgut, Der Transfer von Kulturgütern in und über die Schweiz 1933–1945 und die Frage der Restitution, Unabhängige Expertenkommission Schweiz–Zweiter Weltkrieg (ed.), Zurich 2001, pp. 106 (n. 267), 286 (n. *1).
7Purchased by Emil Bührle Zurich • 3 February 1942 Purchased from Galerie Fischer for CHF 65.000, AStEGB, Letter from Emil Bührle to his lawyer, Dr. Walther Huber, Zurich, 22 August 1947. The figure corresponds to the amount which Bührle later claimed from Fischer in his lawsuit against the latter, and whilst Fischer refused to acknowledge obligation for reimbursement in principle, the figures as such where never questioned. Therefore, these figures defined the amounts which Fischer had to pay back to Bührle after the Federal Court came to the conclusion that Bührle had acquired the paintings in good faith, AStEGB, Swiss Federal Court, Kammer zur Beurteilung von Raubgutklagen/Chambre des actions en revendication de biens spoliés, Lausanne, Verdict of 5 July 1951 (typescript).
8Restituted to Alphonse Kann 5 July 1948 AStEGB, Swiss Federal Court, Kammer zur Beurteilung von Raubgutklagen / Chambre des actions en revendication de biens spoliés, Lausanne, Request for restitution of artworks by Alphonse Kann, London, vs. Emil Bührle, Zurich, Verdict of 5 July 1948 (typescript), stating that Bührle accepts restitution of 3 artworks to Kann, including Degas, Danseuses au foyer.
9The estate of Alphonse Kann London & Paris 1948–1951 AStEGB, 2 Records with handwritten notes by Bührle, concerning two visits of Maître J. Metthey, Paris, acting on behalf of the heirs of Alphonse Kann, at Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon Bührle & Co., 25 January 1951 and 15 February 1951.
10Repurchased from the estate of Alphonse Kann by Emil Bührle Zurich • 3 February 1951; with Bührle until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired through Maître J. Metthey, Paris, along with two paintings by Degas for £ 24.000 altogether, On the first record, Bührle notes that the asking price from the Kann heirs is ca. £ 30.000 for the 3 works Degas, Madame Camus, Degas, Danseuses and the pastel by Manet (Emil Bührle Collection, Inv. 32, 35, 65). A handwritten note by Bührle attached to the second record states that Metthey has accepted £ 24.000 for the lot on 3rd February 1951.
11Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 35.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation
E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich
