The artist; sold to Paul Gustave Van Hecke (1887-1977), by 1944–c. 1950 [photograph by Lee Miller of the object in Van Hecke home, 1944; this and the following according to provenance card, c. 1987, Menil Collection Archives]; given to Private Collection, Belgium, c. 1950 [letter from Bernard Giron, May 4, 2003, in curatorial file]. Private collection, New York, c. 1987. Timothy Baum, New York; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1989.