Provenance: the artist, East Hampton; with Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1952; to Dr and Mrs Fred Olsen, Guilford, Connecticut, 1955; to Mr and Mrs Ben Heller, New York, 1957; from whom bought through Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York, by the Acquisitions Committee of the Australian National Gallery, Canberra, July 1973 The collecting history of this work is complete. An unbroken chain of ownership is documented and has been verified.