Provenance
the artist's mother, Anna van Gogh-Carbentus, Leiden, until died 1907
her estate, 1907–8, sold by her daughter-in-law, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, between 24 and 31 March 1908 to Cassirer
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Cassirer, Berlin, 1908, sold in March to Margarete Oppenheim
Franz and Margarete Oppenheim, Berlin, 1908–his death 1929
his widow, Margarete Oppenheim, Berlin, 1929–died 1935
her estate; thought to have been sold in or after November 1935, when it was on the market to Hirschland
Georg Simon Hirschland, Essen, later Scarsdale, N.Y., by 1938–died 1942
in 1939, the year following Hirschland’s emigration, the Folkwang Museum, Essen, took possession of the painting, which was restituted in July 1950 to Hirschland’s heirs in New York
sold by the Hirschland family, apparently through Myrtil Frank, New York, on 16 March 1951 to Wildenstein
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Wildenstein, New York, 1951, sold on 26 March to Lasker
Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Lasker, New York, 1951–his death 1952
his widow, Mrs. Mary Lasker, New York, 1952–77, sold on 3 January 1977, to Marlborough
with Marlborough International Fine Art, London and New York, 1977–78, sold on 21 April to Annenberg
Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, Rancho Mirage, California, 1978–93, jointly with MMA, 1993–his death 2002