The artist; (Goupil & cie, Paris, 14 March, 1874, no. 8816).[1] Serge von Derwies [1863-1943], Nice, by 1904;[2] (his sale: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 15 November 1906, no. 5 as _L'attente_). (Perhaps Georges Petit, Paris, acquired at the above sale). (Sale Sotheby’s, Parke, Bernet, New York, 16 January 1975, no. 176). (Sale, Sotheby’s, Parke, Bernet, New York, 4 May 1979, no. 249); The Forbes Magazine collection, New York; (their sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 13 October 1993, no. 22); ptrivate collection, Europe; Eric Weider, Westlake, TX; gift 2024 to NGA. [1] Provenance courtesy of the Jules Breton online catalogue raisonné project. [2] The painting was reproduced in _Galerie Serge von Derwies_ (Saint Petersburg, 1904), no. 20, as "L'Attente". For information on the Von Derwies collection, begun by Serge’s father Paul von Derwies [1826-1881], see Dominique Laredo, “De Nice à Saint-Pétersbourg: la Galerie Serge Von Derwies : le Catalogue inédit de la collection Von Derwies (1904),” _Revue Russe_ 37, 2011: 143-157. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.3406/russe.2011.2473).