Probably collection of the artist [1877-1943], Maine;[1] probably Alfred Stieglitz [1864-1946], New York.[2] Paul L. Rosenfeld [1890-1946], New York;[3] bequest 1946 to Arthur Schwab and Edna Bryner Schwab [1886-1967], New York;[4] consigned 1946 to (Downtown Gallery, New York);[5] consigned to (sale, Kende Galleries at Gimbel Brothers, New York, 17-18 January 1947, 1st day, no. 65); purchased January 1947 by Ione [1915-1987] and Hudson [1907-1976] Walker, Minneapolis;[6] (Babcock Galleries, New York), February 1966;[7] purchased 30 January 1967 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art. [1] There is no will on file for the artist. There are, however, documents in the Hancock County Probate Court, Ellsworth, Maine, related to Hartley's estate that list paintings in his collection; copies in NGA curatorial files. The list titled "Schedule of Personal Estate...Goods & Chattels" includes one painting (item no. 138) that could be _Berlin Abstraction_: "Painting #8," 25 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. [2] Card files of Michael St. Clair, owner of Babcock Galleries from 1959 to 1989; see e-mail correspondence, 11 January 2007, Lisa Koonce, Babcock Galleries, to Emily Shapiro, assistant curator of American art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, in NGA curatorial files. [3] Elizabeth McCausland Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington: reel D269, frames 551-555; reel D274, frame 68; copies in NGA curatorial files. [4] Paul Rosenfeld will, dated 22 October 1937, proved 7 August 1946, Surrogate's Court, County of New York; copy in NGA curatorial files. [5] Records of the Downtown Gallery, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington: Series I: Correspondence; letter of 13 November 1946, Edith G. Halpert, president, The Downtown Gallery, to Miss Edna Bryner and Mr. Arthur Schwab; reel 5498, frames 965 and 968; copy in NGA curatorial files. [6] Elizabeth McCausland Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington: reel D269, frames 551-555; reel D274, frame 68; copies in NGA curatorial files. [7] E-mail correspondence of 10 January 2007, Lisa Konce, Babcock Galleries, to Emily Shapiro, assistant curator of American art, Corcoran Gallery of Art; in NGA curatorial files.