Estate of the artist; acquired 1966 by (Davis Galleries, New York) through (Faerber and Maison Ltd., London); sold 1966 to private collection, New York; acquired 1975 by (Davis & Long Company, New York); purchased 1975 by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia;[1] gift 1994 to NGA. [1] Provenance from Cecily Langdale, _Gwen John: With a Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings and a Selection of the Drawings_, New Haven and London, 1987: 161.