Lion
- Sculpture Hall
With Demotte, Inc., Paris, by March 25, 1922;
Purchased from Demotte by Brummer Gallery, New York, stock no. H112, March 25, 1922-July 27, 1932 [1];
With Brummer Gallery, New York, on joint account with Jacob Hirsch, New York, July 27, 1932-February 16, 1933 [2];
Purchased from Brummer and Hirsch, through Harold Woodbury Parsons, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
NOTES:
[1] The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cloisters Library and Archives, Brummer Gallery Records, Greek and Roman marbles and stones, Object inventory card number H112.
[2] See note 1. Brummer sold a half share of the sculpture to Hirsch on July 27, 1932.
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