Head of a Man

Possibly Albertina, Vienna, by 1919 [1];

Purchased in Europe by Alden Galleries, Kansas City, MO, by November 1933 [2];

Purchased from Alden Galleries by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.

NOTES:

[1] According to Paul Gardner, Director, in a letter to J. C. Nichols, Nelson-Atkins Trustee, dated April 3, 1934, this drawing was formerly in the Albertina Collection in Vienna and was sold following the end of the Hapsburg monarchy in 1918, when the former imperial collection became the property of the Republic of Austria. Provenance research has not yet confirmed the drawing’s inclusion in the Albertina collection. Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG01-01, Director’s Office Records, box 1, folder 3, Alden Galleries.

[2] In his letter to Nichols [see note 1], Gardner mentions that John Bender, Director, Alden Galleries, brought this drawing back from a buying trip to Europe. Bender travelled to Bern, Switzerland, Paris, and London in November 1933. Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG01-01, Director’s Office Records, box 1, folder 3, Alden Galleries.