Provenance: The artist's wife, Lily Klee, 1940-1946; Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern, from 1946; (Curt Valentin, Berlin/ New York), acquired 1951; Grant J. Pick, Chicago; (Richard L. Feigen, New York/ Chicago), by 1960; (Berggruen & Cie, Paris), acquired 1960; (Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Geneva), 1974-1976; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1976, no. 199); Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014].