Provenance
1Klein Paris Important French Masters of the XIXth and XXth Centuries, (exh. cat.) Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London 1953, no. 17.
2Adolphe Basler Paris Exh. cat. as above, n. (1).
3Bing (?) Paris AStEGB, Inventory Card Modigliani, Portrait of Dr Devraigne.
4Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. London • by 1953 AStEGB, Sale confirmation from Trafo, Anstalt für Handel und Finanz, Vaduz [Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London], signed by F. K. Lloyd, to Emil Bührle, 1 October 1953, regarding a group of 10 artworks sold to Bührle for a total sum of £ 40.000 (= CHF 480.000), including Modigliani, Portrait of Dr Devraigne. Payment of this amount to be made in two installments, £ 27.000 from a Swiss account in London to Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London, and £ 13.000 at an exchange rate of 12 CHF=1 £ (= CHF 156.000) to be transferred to Trafo’s account with UBS Zurich.
5Emil Bührle Zurich • 2 October 1953 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from the above for £ 3.000 (with a 6% discount), Sale confirmation as above, with prices for each artwork handwritten by Emil Bührle; AStEGB, Payment order from Emil Bührle to Industrie- und Handelsbank, Zurich, 1 October 1953 for the sum of CHF 156.000 to be transferred to Trafo, Vaduz, and Confirmation of execution of payment from Industrie- und Handelsbank, Zürich, 2 October 1953.
6Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 70.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation
E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich
