Provenienz
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. 243/1o (ill.).
2René Degas Paris • 1918 Acquired at the above sale for FF 1.550, Annotated copy of the above sale catalogue at the Musée d’Orsay (Documentation), Paris.
3Alphonse Kann St-Germain-en-Laye & London • by 1931 until [d.] 1948 Degas, Portraitiste, sculpteur, (exh. cat.) Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris 1931, no. 122.
4Confiscated by the «Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg» (ERR no. Ka 1072), considered for possible exchange, but remained in Paris 1940–44 Barch Koblenz, B 323 273, ERR Inventar-Liste Kann, Alphons, St-Germain-en-Laye, October 1940/7 March 1941, inventoried 10 September 1942, p. 247; Archives des musées nationaux (Louvre), Paris, List Alph. Kann [1944], p. 2, Ka 1072.
5Restituted to Alphonse Kann London • 11 July 1947 Archives of the MAEE, La Courneuve, Dossier Kann, Resitution du 11 juillet 1947, Œuvres récupérés en France, p. 3; Archives des musées nationaux (Louvre), Paris, Receipt («Reçu de la Direction des Musées de France les tableaux ci-après désignés provenant de la collection de M. Alphonse Kann», typoscript), signed Mre Bokanowski [procureur des héritiers d’Alphonse Kann] and dated 22/X/48 and 9/XI/48, p. 1, no. Ka 1072 («Degas, Etude de main, pastel»).
6Charles Weil Paris • by 1951 Nephew of the above, AStEGB, Letter from Charles Weil, Paris, to Emil Bührle, 16 July 1951, offering two studies for the portrait of Mme Camus, and Letter from Charles Weil, Paris, to Emil Bührle, 29 April 1952, confirming that the two pastels sold to Bührle are from his uncle’s collection.
7Emil Bührle Zurich • 14 November 1951 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from the above, together with another pastel from the same series (Emil Bührle Collection, Inv. 30) for FF 400.000, AStEGB, Invoice from Charles Weil, Paris, made out to Emil Bührle, 1 September 1951, and Correspondence regarding the purchase and the import of the two pastels, 15 August 1951–12 November 1951, the last letter offering an apology for the delayed payment; Payment order by Emil Bührle to Credit Swiss, Zurich, 14 November 1951, ordering payment of FF 391.500 to Charles Weill, Paris (shipment expenses of FF 8.500 being subtracted from the total amount of FF 400.000).
8Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collectio Zurich • 1960 Inv. 31.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation
E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich
