Provenance
Maurice Leclanché [1847-1921], Paris, by 1902 until 1910.[1] (Bernheim-Jeune, Paris), by 1910. Dr. Julius Elias [1861-1927], Berlin; by inheritance to his wife, Mrs. Julius [Julie] Elias, Berlin and Oslo[1866-1943]; [2] Eilif Moe, Lillehammer, Norway, by 1946.[3] (Frank Partridge & Sons, London); sold 1949 to (Wildenstein and Co., London, New York and Paris);[4] by whom sold 24 November 1958 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1]Published as Leclanché collection in Théodore Duret, _Histoire d'Edouard Manet et de son oeuvre_, Paris, 1902, no. 89; and again in Duret's _Manet and the Impressionists_, London and Philadelphia, 1910, no. 89. Not included in the posthumous sale of the Leclanché collection held in Paris on 6 November 1924.
[2]Published as with Mme Elias in Jamot & Wildenstein, _Manet_, Paris, 1932, no. 128. This picture was not included in a 16 May 1933 sale of the Elias collection held in Brussels. Mme Julius [Julie] Elias emigrated to Norway with her son Ludwig, in 1938. Ludwig was deported to Auschwitz in 1942; Julie died of natural causes in Oslo in 1943.
[3]Lent by Moe to 1946 Oslo exhibition. See letter from Kunstnernes Hus dated 16 December 1977 in NGA curatorial files.
[4]Following Julie's death, three French Impressionist paintings were exported from Norway to relatives in the UK in 1949 with the help of her lawyer/friend Moe in Lillihammer. See Gabrielle Sokoll, "Julius Elias, Halvadan Koht and das jüdische Exil in Norwegen," Scandinavistik 21:2 (1991):116-130. Wildenstein acquisition date and source according to letter dated 14 December 1998, in NGA curatorial files.
Accession Number
1970.17.36
Medium
oil on linen
Dimensions
overall: 46 x 38 cm (18 1/8 x 14 15/16 in.) | framed: 66 x 57.8 x 8.9 cm (26 x 22 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection