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1Art trade Paris • 1908/10 AStEGB, Letter from Wilhelm Wartmann [Director of the Kunsthaus] Zurich, to Emil Bührle, 1 July 1948, quoting a letter from Claude Vallotton, Lausanne, to the Kunsthaus in regard to the painting's provenance, according to which the painting had been bought by Claude's father Paul Vallotton ca. 1908/10 from either the Bernheim-Jeune or the Druet Galleries.2Galerie Paul Vallotton Lausanne • 1908/10–1944 The offer by Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne, to the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft to purchase the painting for CHF 5.500 was discussed among the Collection Committee in the meeting of 10 November 1944. Upon Emil Bührle's proposal to acquire the painting in case the Committee shouldn't wish to do so, the Committee relinquished the purchase, Archive Kunsthaus Zurich, Archive Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft / Kunsthaus Zürich, Sammlungskommission, Minutes of 10 November 1944.3Emil Bührle Zurich • 23 November 1944 until [d.] 28 November 1956 (English)