Provenienz
1R. Wagner Berlin Wildenstein no. 511.
2André Bonger Amsterdam & Almen • 1903 until [d.] 1936 Wildenstein no. 511.
3Mme André Bonger-Baronne van der Borch van Verwolde Almen • 1936–1952 Widow of the above, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., Jacques Seligmann & Co. Records, Box 16, Folder 15, Correspondence between Germain Seligman, New York, and Mme André Bonger-Baronne van der Borch van Verwolde, Almen, starting 28 September 1949 in regard to an exhibition of works by Redon in the Seligmann Gallery in New York, with various references to the pastel Le Calvaire, no. 13 in the list of works to be loaned.
4Germain Seligman New York • 1952–1953 Acquired from the above, Correspondence as above, n. (3), Letter from Mme André Bonger-Baronne van der Borch van Verwolde, Almen, to Germain Seligman, New York, 22 January 1952, agreeing to the sale of four works, including no. 13, Le Calvaire, for a total of $ 1.950; Odilon Redon 1840–1916, Pastels and Drawings, (exh. cat.) Jacques Seligmann Galleries, New York; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (Ohio); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (Minnesota) 1951–52, no. 10.
5Emil Bührle Zurich • 26 September 1953 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from the above for $ 6.500, AStEGB, Invoice from Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, made out to Emil Bührle, 15 June 1953, with provenance and exhibition history; Letter from Germain Seligman, New York, to Emil Bührle, 26 September 1953, acknowledging receipt of the total sum of $ 37.500 for five works of art acquired by Bührle, including Redon, Le Calvaire.
6Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 84.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation
E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich