Provenance
(Alex Reid, Glasgow) and (L.H. Lèfevre & Son, London); sold c. 1924 to Mrs. R. A. Workman, London;[1] (her sale, at her house by Curtis & Henson, London, 21 December 1931, no. 765). Marcel Fleischmann, Zurich, in 1939.[2] Acquired between 1952 and 1955 by Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris;[3] sold 15 August 1955 to Mrs. Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1]See letter from Alex Reid & Lèfevre dated 9 December 1977 in NGA curatorial files.
[2]Lent by Fleischmann to 1939 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.
[3]See letter from Molyneux to Bruce, dated 30 July 1955, in NGA Gallery Archives RG39, copy in NGA curatorial records.
Accession Number
1970.17.88
Medium
oil on cardboard
Dimensions
overall: 45.7 x 33.6 cm (18 x 13 1/4 in.) | framed: 66 x 67 x 7.6 cm (26 x 26 3/8 x 3 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection