William-Adolphe Bouguereau

With Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd., London, no. 62 (acquired directly from the artist, March 1892, as Girl Knitting);

William Vanderbilt (1849–1920), New York;

With T. Gilbert Brouillette Gallery, New York;

Samuel Bloomfield;

His sale, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 12 March 1969, lot 122;

William A. Rudd;

With M. Knoedler & Co., New York;

His sale, New York, Sotheby’s, 23 May 1985, lot 67, reproduced;

Vincent Crisci (acquired at the above sale);

His sale, New York, Sotheby’s, 22 May 1991, lot 56, reproduced;

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner;

Property from the Collection of Mrs. Lois L. Fields;

Her sale, New York, Sotheby’s, 13–20 May 2021, lot 211;

Where acquired by the present owner.

Bouguereau's account book (as Le travail interrompu (réduction), then Jeune fille et l'Amour/Distraction);

William Bouguereau, 1825–1905, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Musée du Petit Palais; Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, 9 February 1984 – 13 January 1985, p. 125, reproduced;

M. S. Walker, William-Adolphe Bouguereau: A Summary Catalogue of the Paintings, New York 1991, p. 73;

D. Bartoli and F. C. Ross, William Bouguereau: Catalogue Raisonné of His Painted Work, New York 2010, p. 278, cat. no. 1891/15A, reproduced;

D. Bartoli and F. C. Ross, William Bouguereau: Catalogue Raisonné of His Painted Work, New York 2014, p. 278, cat. no. 1891/15A, reproduced.