Purchased from the artist by (Macbeth Gallery, New York); sold November 1913 to William J. Johnson [1860-1942], Uniontown, Pennsylvania; by inheritance to his son, Oscar Doyle Johnson, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania;[1] gift 1948 to NGA. [1] Henri recorded the painting's provenance in his ledger book (Artist’s Record Book, Estate of Robert Henri, LeClair Family Collection, New York City; transcription sent 28 June 1978 by Chapellier Galleries, New York, to NGA curator E. John Bullard III, in NGA curatorial files): "266H Catharine Achill Island July 1913 20 x 24. Dark vari-colored background, dark hair and eyes, grey dress, blue tie. Sold to Mr. MacBeth who sold to W. J. Johnson, collector of Uniontown, Pa., Nov., 1913." (A later notation in another hand added: "This painting is now in the National Gallery, Washington, a gift of Oscar Doyle Johnson, 1949.") For a discussion of the elder Johnson, a noted collector of American art, see Nicholas Chilcott, _A Champion of American Art_, Chicago, 1975; he refers to Catharine on p. 30.