Provenance
1Dr. Georges Viau Paris • by 1907 Catalogue des tableaux modernes, pastels et aquarelles […] composant la collection de M. Georges Viau, (sale cat.) Durand-Ruel, Paris (4 March 1907), no. 47.
2Marquise de Ganay Paris • 1907 until at least 1928 Acquired at the above sale for FF 2.200, Copy of annotated sale cat. as above, n. (1), in the library of the Collection Oskar Reinhart «Am Römerholz», Winterthur; Tableaux par Camille Pissarro, (exh. cat.) Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris 1928, not in cat.; Pissarro/Durand-Ruel no. 287.
3Mlle de Bayser Paris • until 1948 Pissarro/Durand-Ruel no. 287.
4Georges Wildenstein Paris • 1948–1953 Acquired from the above, Pissarro/Durand-Ruel no. 287; AStEGB, Invoice (Transcript) from Société Anonyme de Beaux-Arts, Vaduz [Wildenstein], made out to Emil Bührle, 13 July 1953, for 7 pictures, including Pissarro, Route d’Osny, for a total amount of $ 255.000 (+ 1 separate invoice for an 8th painting at $ 105.000).
5Emil Bührle Zurich • 4 August 1953 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from the above, Invoice as above, n. (4); AStEGB, Correspondence between Emil Bührle and Industrie- und Handelsbank, Zurich, 29–31 July 1953, regarding payment of $ 360.000 to Société Anonyme de Beaux-Arts, Vaduz for 8 paintings, including Pissarro, Route d’Osny; Letter from Société Anonyme de Beaux-Arts, Vaduz, to Emil Bührle, 4 August 1953, acknowledging receipt of the above amount.
6Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 118.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation
E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich