Provenance: Acquired possibly from the Cézanne estate by (Ambroise Vollard [1867-1939], Paris); sold 1916 through Edward Steichen [1879-1973] to Eugene [1875-1959] and Agnes Ernst Meyer [1887-1970], Mount Kisco, New York, and Washington, D.C.;[1] gift 1959 to NGA.
[1] For Steichen's role, see letter dated 12 July 1977 from Katherine Graham in NGA curatorial files; lent by the Meyers to the 1921 Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition.