From the artist 1906 to (Ambroise Vollard [1866-1939], Paris);[1] sold December 1918 through Walter Pach and (Carroll Galleries, New York) to John Quinn [1870-1924], New York;[2] his estate; probably from which purchased by (Paul Guillaume [1891-1934], Paris); sold 1927 to (Alex Reid & Lefèvre, Glasgow and London);[3] sold 1931 to (Galerie Etienne Bignou, Paris); sold 1932 to G. Keller, Paris for (M. Knoedler and Co., London, New York and Paris).[4] Acquired in Paris between 1932 and 1938 by Mme. Kaethe Perls, Paris;[5] possibly by whom sold to Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., New York, Warrenton and Richmond, VA, who owned the painting by 1939;[6] (Chrysler sale, part II, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 16 February 1950, no. 54); (Julius H. Weitzner [1896-1986], London); sold 12 April 1950 to John Hay Whitney [1904-1982], Manhasset, New York;[7] deeded 1982 to the John Hay Whitney Charitable Trust, New York; gift 1982 to NGA. [1] Receipt to Vollard from Derain dated 6 July 1906 in Vollard Archives, Documentation, Musée d'Orsay, Paris (microfilm reel III, copy in NGA curatorial files). [2] Judith Zilczer, _"The Noble Buyer:" John Quinn, Patron of the Avant-Garde_, Washington, D.C., 1978: 155. [3] Letter dated 27 July 1984 from Alex Reid & Lefevre, in NGA curatorial files, outlines ownership between Guillaume and Knoedler. [4] This may be the painting which figured in Knoedler's 1933 exhibition of paintings from the Vollard Collection. [5] According to handwritten note from Klaus Perls in response to letter dated 11 July 1984 from the National Gallery of Art, Perls' mother, Kaethe, acquired the painting in Paris between 1932-1938. [6] Lent by Chrysler to the 1939 San Francisco exhibition. [7] See letter dated 26 July 1984 from John Rewald, in NGA curatorial files. Receipt from Weitzner dated 12 April 1950 in NGA curatorial files.