André Breton, Paris; Peter Watson, London; (The London Gallery, London); Sybil Mesens [d. 1966], Brussels; her husband E.L.T. Mesens [1903-1971], London. [1] Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Ilin, Jerusalem; purchased 1984 through (Robert Elkon Gallery, New York) by NGA. [1] At his death, the artist and gallery director E.L.T. Mesen's collection was inherited by his cousins. A sale of part of the collection, which did not include the Tanguy, was held at Sotheby's London, 26 April 1972. Mesens was for a time the director of The London Gallery. An undated photograph in the E.L.T. Mesens papers at the Getty Research Institute is annotated "collection _temporaire_ E.L.T. Mesens" [emphasis original] (E.L.T. Mesens papers, Getty Research Institute, Series VI:photographs, Box 20; copy NGA curatorial files)