Provenance: Discovered in Toulouse, c.1940/ Art market, Nice/Acquired by Jean Néger, Paris, c. 1947/by whom anonymoulsy sold, Sotheby's, London, 26 June 1957, lot 60 for £2,500 to Johnson/Anonymous sale Sotheby's London, 10 July 1968, lot 47/ for £25,000 to Spencer Samuels/with Spencer Samuels, NY/Fletcher Jones (died 1972)/By whose Estate sold, Christie's, London, 28 November 1975, lot 82, for £17,850
