Presumably James Deering (died 1925), Miami, Florida; by descent to his nieces Mrs. Chauncey McCormick (née Marion Deering) and Mrs. R. E. Danielson (née Barbara Deering) [the painting is included in a shipment of 27 crates sent from Miami, Florida as joint property of the two sisters: RofO 9439 dated November 19, 1944 and itemized Receipt 8255 of December 19, 1944]; to Mrs. McCormick in the division of this property by 1956; gift to the Art Institute, 1956.