Provenance
(Bernheim-Jeune, Paris). (Alex Reid & Lefevre, London). (De Hauke & Co., New York) on joint account with (Percy Moore Turner [c. 1877-1950], London), by 1930; (Jacques Seligmann & Co., Paris and New York), until 1935.[1] William A. Cargill [d. 1962], Carruth, Bridge of Weir, Scotland; (his estate sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 June 1963, no. 44); purchased by (Acciarri) for (Hector Brame, Paris) for Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014].
[1] See letter dated 17 June 1930 from Percy Moore Turner, De Hauke and Co. (Jacques Seligmann & Co. Papers, Archives of American Art, Washington, D.C., Box 398, folder 20; copy in NGA curatorial files). De Hauke & Co., a subsidiary to Seligmann, was dissolved shortly thereafter and its stock absorbed into Jacques Seligmann & Co, which sold their half of the painting to Turner in 1935. See Jacques Seligmann & Co. Papers, Archives of American Art, Box 96, folder 23 (copies in NGA curatorial files).
Accession Number
2014.18.56
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
overall: 17.15 × 26.35 cm (6 3/4 × 10 3/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon