Estate of the artist (his wife, Mary, later Mayrion), Taos, NM; sold to Martin Diamond Fine Arts, New York, 1977; sold 1982 [all early provenance is according to Ruth Pasquine, Bisttram scholar, website (http://www.emil-bisttram.com/emil-bisttram-works-of-art-sold/) accessed Aug. 4, 2023; also an undated frame label from Martin Diamond]. Private collection; sold, Sotheby’s Online, Dec. 6, 2002, Lot 158584138, to Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.