Provenance
1 Alexandre Berthier • Prince de Wagram Paris Kunsthaus Zurich, Archive Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft / Kunsthaus Zürich, Questionnaire for paintings by Courbet, lent for the Courbet exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zurich 1935–36, filled in by Dr. Hermann Eissler, Vienna, ca. February 1936: «Ich erwarb das Bild im Jahre 1915 von dem bekannten Wiener Sammler Karl Reininghaus. Dieser hatte es zwei Jahre vorher bei Barbazanges in Paris gekauft. Es kommt aus der Sammlung des Herzogs von Wagram.»
2 Galerie Barbazanges Paris • until 1913 Questionnaire as above, n. (1).
3 Carl Reininghaus Vienna • 1913–1915 Acquired from the above, Questionnaire as above, n. (1).
4 Dr. Hermann Eissler Vienna • 1915–1950 Acquired from the above, Questionnaire as above, n. (1).
5 Gottlieb Tanner Zurich • by 1950 Acquired from the above, AStEGB, Letter from G. Tanner, Zurich, to Emil Bührle, 7 October 1950, offering the painting for CHF 35.000, giving details to the painting’s provenance and stating that he had just acquired the painting after it had been on deposit at the Creditanstalt, Vienna, since 1939; Letter from G. Tanner, Zurich, to Emil Bührle, 11 November 1950, stating that he had exhibited the painting in his Zurich gallery in 1913.
6 Emil Bührle Zurich • 4 December 1950 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from the above for CHF 25.000 + 1 painting by Toulouse-Lautrec [D.P287], Letter from G. Tanner, Zurich, to Emil Bührle, 4 December 1950, accompanying the (lost) invoice, confirming the purchase of the painting by Bührle, and indicating the price.
7 Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 26.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation
E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich
