Provenance
(Alphonse Kann [1870-1948], Paris); sold 4 June 1914 to (Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, stock no. 4543); sold 27 June 1914 to Calouste Gulbenkian; returned 11 June 1915 to (Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London, stock no. 4668); sold 7 July 1922 to (C.M. Agnew and Ansdell, London);[1] sold to Howard Sturges [d. 1955], Providence, Rhode Island;[2] gift 1956 to NGA.
[1] Information provided by Martha Hepworth of the Getty Provenance Index from the stock records of Agnew's; the relationship of Agnew and Ansdell to the firm of Agnew's is unclear; they purchased paintings from Agnew's in the early 1920s (letter of 25 February 1992, NGA curatorial files).
[2] Notation of a letter from Geoffrey Agnew of 10 August 1956, on an artist card in NGA curatorial files, records that Sturges bought the painting from Agnew's, but gives no indication of when.
Accession Number
1956.9.2
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 46.8 x 76.3 cm (18 7/16 x 30 1/16 in.) | framed: 63.7 x 91.8 x 7 cm (25 1/16 x 36 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of Howard Sturges