Henri Matisse

Galerie Druet, Paris 

Heinz Braune, Munich (acquired from the above on 28 August 1909) 

Pierre Matisse, Paris / Hans Purrmann, Berlin 

Galerie Thannhauser, Lucerne and Berlin (acquired from the above in April 1928)  

Paul Smolka, Prague and Larchmont, New York

Sotheby, Parke-Bernet, New York, 26 April 1972, lot 20 (consigned by the estate of the above) 

Richard L. Feigen, London / Alain Tarica, Paris (acquired from the above) 

Christie's, New York, 19 May 1981, lot 338A  

Nathan and Marion Smooke, California (acquired from the above)

Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, 5 November 2001, lot 43 (consigned by the above) 

Private Collection, New York  

Acquired from the above in 2005 by the present owner 

Moscow, Salon de la Toison d'or, 1909, illustrated 

Berlin, Galerie Thannhauser, Henri Matisse, 1930, no. 11, p. 5, illustrated  

Musée d’art moderne de Toulouse; Toulouse, Musée Paul-Dupuy and Nice, Galerie des Ponchettes, Matisse: Ajaccio-Toulouse 1898-1899, Une saison de peinture, 1986 - 1987, no. 16, p. 70, illustrated 

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Degas to Picasso: Modern Masters from the Smooke Collection, 1987