Henri Matisse

Curt Valentin Gallery, New York  

Lee A. Ault, New York (acquired from the above)  

Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 11 December 1963, lot 9 (consigned by the above)  

Charles B.G. Murphy, New York (acquired from the above) 

Theodore Schempp, Palm Springs   

Christie's, New York, 22 October 1980, lot 378  

Waddington Galleries, Inc., London (acquired from the above sale)  

Acquired from the above in March 1981 by the present owner 

Christian Zervos, Cahiers d'art, 20e-21e années, 1945 - 1946, p. 174, illustrated 

Pierre Schneider, Matisse, New York, 1984, p. 591, illustrated