Provenienz
1Paul Rosenberg Paris • until 1926 ReVision, Die Moderne im Städel 1906–1937, (exh. cat.) Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt/Main 1991–92, p. 164.
2Städtische Galerie Frankfurt/Main • 1926–1937 Inv. no. SG 387; exh. cat. as above, n. (1), no. 17.
3Seized by the German authorities as «degenerate art», to be sold 17 July 1937 Exh. cat. as above, n. (1).
4Galerie Fischer Lucerne • 1939 Gemälde und Plastiken aus deutschen Museen, Auktion in Luzern, (sale cat.) Galerie Fischer, Lucerne (30 June 1939), no. 14; «Degenerate Art», The Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany, (exh. cat.) Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Art Institute of Chicago 1991, pp. 140, 150 (ill.), fig. 123.
5Pierre Matisse New York • 1939 Acquired at the above sale for CHF 3.300, Pierre Matisse Gallery Archives, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, Invoice from Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, made out to Mr. Matisse, 30 June 1939, with stamp and signature acknowledging receipt on 1 July 1939.
6Dalzell Hatfield Los Angeles AStEGB, Inventory Card Braque, Still Life.
7Oliver B. James New York Inventory Card as above, n. (6).
8Dr. Peter Nathan New York and Dr. Fritz Nathan Zurich • 1953 AStEGB, Handwritten note by Emil Bührle listing paintings Bührle was negotiating with Dr. Fritz Nathan, including Braque, Still Life; Payment order from Emil Bührle to Industrie- und Handelsbank, Zurich, regarding a payment of $ 48.500 to Dr. Fritz Nathan, Zurich, 23 December 1953; Receipt for the above sum as payment for three paintings acquired through Dr. Peter Nathan in New York, including Braque’s Still Life, priced at $ 10.500, handwritten and signed by Dr. Fritz Nathan, Zurich, 23 December 1953.
9Emil Bührle Zurich • 23 December 1953 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from Dr. Peter Nathan, New York and Dr. Fritz Nathan, Zurich, for $ 10.500, Receipt as above.
10Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 8.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation
E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich