The artist; (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased 1912 by Hugo Reisinger [1856-1914], New York;[1] his estate; (his estate sale, American Art Galleries, New York, 18-20 January 1916, 1st day, no. 5); Edward G. O'Reilly [1870-1934], New York and Bridgeport, Connecticut; (sale, American Art Association, New York, 24-26 January 1917, 2nd day, no. 126); Stephen C. Clark [1882-1960], New York;[2] (sale, American Art Association, New York, 30 November 1928, no. 43); Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA. [1] The provenance is outlined in the Chester Dale Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington; copy in NGA curatorial files. The Dale Papers record that Reisinger purchased the painting from the April 1912 exhibition of works by Dearth held at Knoedler Galleries. The sale to Reisinger is documented in the M. Knoedler & Co. Records, accession number 2012.M.54, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: Series II; Sales book 10, 1912 February-1916 April, page 24; copy in NGA curatorial files. It is not yet clear whether Knoedler had the painting on consignment from the artist or had already purchased it from the artist. [2] The copy of the sale catalogue in the NGA Library is annotated "W.W. Seaman - agt. 325". Seaman must have been buying for Clark.