Provenienz
1Johannes Hinrichsen Altaussee • by 1953 until 1954 AStEGB, Entry Book II, 30 August 1953.
2Emil Bührle Zurich • 18 January 1954 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from the above for CHF 18.000 + CHF 4.000 = CHF 22.000, AStEGB, Receipt, signed by Johannes Hinrichsen and made out to Emil Bührle on 18 January 1954, confirming payment of CHF 47.000 for 4 sculptures, including the Lamentation, for a total of CHF 57.000, for which a down payment of CHF 10.000 had already been made on 27 October 1953, containing a list of the 4 sculptures. Also List established by Dr. Walter Drack [curator of the Bührle Collection] of sculptures purchased from Mr. Hinrichsen in fall 1953, dated 26 October 1953, with mention of a «Lamentation», imported on 10 October 1953 on behalf of the Kunsthaus Zurich, with a declared value of CHF 4.000; Letter from Emil Bührle to Johannes Hinrichsen, Alt-Aussee, 1 November 1954, confirming that the amount of CHF 4.000 had been paid by way of the Austrian Clearing.
3Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. P10.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation
E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich