Provenienz
1Gustave Tempelaere Paris Marianne Wirenfeldt Asmussen, Wilhelm Hansens oprindelige franske samling på Ordrupgaard; Wilhelm Hansen’s Original French Collection at Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen 1993, no. 77.
2Dr. Georges Viau Paris • by 1900 Exposition centennale de l’art français de 1800 à 1889, Exposition Universelle de 1900 (Grand Palais), Paris 1900, no. 283.
3Alfred Ströhlin Paris Wirenfeldt as above, n. (1).
4Ferdinand & Julien Tempelaere Paris Wirenfeldt as above, n. (1).
5Duval-Fleury Paris Wirenfeldt, as above, n. (1).
6Wilhelm Hansen Ordrupgaard, Copenhague • 1918–1923 Wirenfeldt, as above, n. (1).
7Kojiro Matsukata Kobe • 1923–1944 Acquired through the medium of the Galerie Barbazanges, Paris, from the above for FF 40.000, The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art, vol. 1, Paintings, Masako Kawaguchi, Megumi Jingaoka (ed.), The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo 2018, no. 461.
8Seized by the French government December 1944 and offered for sale in Paris 1947 The Masukata Collection, as above, n. (7); Biens ennemis sous séquestre, Collection privée, Importants tableaux modernes […], (sale cat.) Hôtel Drouot Paris, 21 November 1947, no. 5.
9Max Kaganovitch Paris • 1947 The Matsukata Collection, as above, n. (7).
10Robert Lebel Paris • 1953 Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, Box 56, Folder 11, Correspondence between Robert Lebel, Paris, and Germain Seligman, New York, 12 February 1953–4 May 1953, in particular Letter from Seligman to Lebel of 23 March 1953, asking for more information regarding previous owners, with no reference to the 1947 sale.
11Germain Seligman New York • 1953–1955 Acquired from or through the medium of the above on 20 March 1953 for $ 2.000, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, Box 286, Folder 1, Bound Stock Lists, 1953, pp. 116–117.
12Emil Bührle Zurich • 31 January 1955 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from the above for $ 6.000, AStEGB, Invoice from Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc., New York, made out to Emil Bührle, 6 January 1955; Correspondence between Germain Seligman, New York, and Welti-Furrer, Zurich, regarding the shipment of the painting to Switzerland, 30 November 1954–10 December 1954; Letter from Germain Seligman, New York, to Emil Bührle, 6 January 1955, accompanying the invoice for the painting; Letter from Germain Seligman, New York, to Emil Bührle, 31 January 1955, acknowledging receipt of the above amount.
13Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 44.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation
E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich