Margaret McLeod Williams (1875–1957) and Harry S. Williams (1876–1942), Cincinnati, OH; by descent to their son, Murdoch M. Williams (1910–1978), Yellow Springs, OH, by 1957 to at least 1972 [Cincinnati, 1972, cat. 35]; possibly with DeVant Crissey Gallery, Smyrna, GA, c. 1976 [Ketner 1993, 205 no. 157]; by descent to his sister, Margaret Williams Rouse (1917–2004), Cincinnati, OH, from 1978; estate of Margaret Williams Rouse, Cincinnati, OH, by 2006 [this and the following according to emails from Paige Kestenman, Christie’s, and Katie Benedict, Hindman Auctions, Jul. 5, 2023; copies in curatorial object file]; offered for sale, Christie’s, New York, May 25, 2006, lot 107, bought in; offered for sale, Cowan’s Auction, Cincinnati, Oct. 17, 2008, lot 25, bought in. Private collection, Louisiana [according to email from Sophie Hirabayashi, Neal Auction Company, Jul. 12, 2023; copy in curatorial object file]; sold, Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, LA, Apr. 21, 2012, lot 333, as Ohio River Valley Landscape to Arader Galleries, New York [invoice; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.