Portrait of a Woman (possibly Mlle. Louise Riesener)

Possibly with F. and J. Tempelaere, Paris, by August 25, 1904;

Lucien Crozier, Lyon, c. 1962-1975 [1];

Possibly with Galerie Mazerini, Lyon, by 1988 at the earliest [2];

Private collector, Tamarac, FL, by May 22, 2001 [3];

Consigned by them through Doyle Auctions, New York, by May 22, 2001;

European and American Painting and Sculpture sale, Doyle, New York, May 22, 2001, lot 165, as Head of a Young Woman [4];

Purchased from Important English and Continental sale, Doyle, New York, January 23, 2002, lot 47, as Head of a Young Woman;

Possibly with Eric G. Carlson, Swann Galleries, New York, by 2002-December 26, 2016 at the latest [5];

With Jeannot R. Barr Prints and Drawings, New York, c. 2019.

To be purchased from Jeannot R. Barr by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.

NOTES:

[1] See description of purchase from Jeannot Barr.

[2] Galerie Mazarini in Lyon was founded in 1988. Glynnis Stevenson called Galerie Mazarini on June 19, 2019 and they estimate that the gallery had the drawing in the 1990s. They confirmed over the phone that they have no record of this work. For them in the provenance, see description of purchase from Jeannot Barr.

[3] See email from Elaine Banks Stainton, Doyle Auctions, New York, to Glynnis Stevenson, NAMA, May 14, 2019.

[4] The lot went unsold at this sale.

[5] Eric Carlson passed away in December 2016. He began a career dealing in 19^th-century European and American prints in the 1970s. See email from Jeannot Barr to Aimee Marcereau DeGalan on Carlson’s possible ownership of work.