Swans

Probably with Edmond Sagot, Paris, by September 10, 1904, or with Pierrefort, Paris, by August 31, 1905 [1];

With Frederick Mulder, London, by 1984;

Robert L. (b. 1952) and Barbara E. (née Klugman, b. 1958) Bloch, Shawnee Mission, KS, by January 19, 1984;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1984.

NOTES:

[1] Müller arranged a deal with Edmond Sagot (1857–1917) to sell him 500 editions of The Swans and its companion The Peacocks. “Vendu à Mr Sagot 500 frises Les Paons, 500 frises Les Cygnes : 750F. Reçu à valoir 375F. Le reste payable le 14 octobre 1904. Je m'engage à ne pas vendre le résidu me restant des Cygnes et des Paons. Müller 10 Septembre 1904. Aujourd'hui 15 Octobre reçu 375 [trois cent soixante-quinze francs] pour solde sur cette affaire. Müller” (Sold to Mr. Sagot: 500 friezes of Peacocks, 500 friezes of Swans: 750F. Receipt for 375F. The balance payable on October 14, 1904. I undertake not to sell the remaining stock of Swans and Peacocks. Müller, September 10, 1904. Today, October 15, received 375 [three hundred and seventy-five francs] as payment on this matter. Müller). Archival document by Müller quoted in Hélène Koehl, ed., Alfredo Müller. Sur papier. Su carta. On Paper, Complete Catalogue of the graphic work (Strasbourg: Les amis d'Alfredo Muller, 2014), 242. Koehl also speculates that Müller did not grant Edmond Sagot exclusive rights to this work (see p. 258).

In Le Courrier Français during the summer of 1905, The Swans was advertised as for sale at chez Pierrefort. See Le Courrier Français 22, no. 35 (August 31, 1905): 12. Pierrefort’s address was 12, Rue Bonaparte, where he sold prints and posters.