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Provenance

Gottlieb Friedrich Reber [1880-1959], Lausanne, in 1926.[1] (Paul Rosenberg & Co., Paris); sold 15 May 1930 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York;[2] bequest 1963 to NGA.

[1] Reproduced as in the Reber collection in Der Querschnitt, Jahrgang VI, Heft 4 (April 1926). See Christian Geelhaar, Picasso. Wegbereiter und Förderer seines Aufsteigs 1899-1939, Zurich, 1993: 160. The Dale collection inventory, copy in NGA curatorial files, gives the painting's history as "Bought by Mr. Rosenberg from the artist."

[2] The receipt from Rosenberg is in NGA curatorial files.

Exhibition History
1931
Picasso-Braque-Léger, Museum of French Art, New York, 1931, no. 6.
1943
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 1943-1952 (extended loan), unnumbered catalogue, repro. p. 49
1952
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1952, no. 52, repro.
1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
1978
Aspects of Twentieth-Century Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978-1979, no. 28, repro.
2010
From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, January 2010-January 2012, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
Bibliography
1921
Raynal, Maurice. "Picasso et l'Impressionnisme." L'Amour de l'Art 7 (July 1921): repro. 215.
1932
Zervos, Christian. Pablo Picasso. 33 vols. Paris, 1932-1978: 3(1949): no. 257, pl. 89.
1943
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1943:, 49, repro.
1952
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1952 (2nd ed., 1960; rev. ed., 1965): 52, repro.
1960
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1960 (2nd ed.): 54, repro.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 102.
1965
Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 73, repro.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 90, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 266, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 608, no. 941, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 308, repro.
2001
Kropmanns, Peter, and Uwe Fleckner. "Von Kontinentaler Bedeutung: Gottlieb Freidrich Reber und seine Sammlungen." In Die Moderne und ihre Sammler. Andrea Pophanken and Felix Billeter, eds. Berlin, 2001: 403.
2022
Jozefacka, Anna, and Luise Mahler. "Reading Picasso in Munich and Prague in 1922." UMĚNĺ/ART (Journal of the Institute of Art History Czech Academy of Sciences 70 (2022): 163 fig. 8.
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