The Descent from the Summit: Jean Martin Steadies Hélène, the Banker’s Daughter (Illustration for Edmond Renoir’s “L’étiquette”) (recto); Half-Length Sketch of a Woman (verso)

Provenance

Possibly Ambroise Vollard (1867–1939), Paris [Art Dealers’ Association of America to B. E. Bensinger, Dec. 30, 1969 and Dauberville and Dauberville, 2007]. Purchased jointly by M. Knoedler and Company, New York, and French Art Galleries, New York, Mar. 7, 1949 [M. Knoedler and Company, stock card WCA1119 and stock book p. 122. M. M. Knoedler and Company Records, circa 1848–1971, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, acc. no. 2012.M.54, box 17]; sold by M. Knoedler and Company, New York, to T. Edward Hanley (1894–1969), Bradford, Pa., May 10, 1949 [M. Knoedler and Company, stock card WCA1119, and stock book p. 122. M. M. Knoedler and Company Records, circa 1848–1971, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, acc. no. 2012.M.54, box 17]; T. Edward Hanley to E. V. Thaw and Company, New York [According to Patti Tang of E. V. Thaw and Company, the drawing passed directly from T. Edward Hanley to E. V. Thaw and Company]; sold to Benjamin E. Bensinger (1905–1976), Chicago, Mar. 9, 1967; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1969.