Provenance: the artist (until d. 1931); inherited by the artist's relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mayerheim, Germany, refugees to Shanghai, China (by 1944; sold to Grosz); Prof. Armand Grosz (by 1944; sold to Kauffmann); Fritz Kauffmann, Shanghai and Fort Lee, New Jersey (until d. 1994); his wife, Adelaide Kauffman, Fort Lee, New Jersey (until d. 1999)