Oil, pencil, and charcoal on canvas
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1912 Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (per Dauberville 1995)
1912 Alphonse Kann, Paris (per Dauberville 1995)
Paul Guillaume, Paris (as of 1929 per Sarraut 1929)
Valentine Dudensing, New York (per Cowart 1990)
1942 Joseph Pulitzer, St. Louis, MO (per Cowart 1990)
1948 Fine Arts Associated, New York and M. Knoedler & Co. (per Cowart 1990)
Florene May Marx and Samuel A. Marx, Chicago
1985 The Museum of Modern Art (Gift of Florene May Schoenborn)
Albert Sarraut: Variations sur la Peinture Contemporaine, Paris 1929.
Guy-Patrice Dauberville, Michel Dauberville: Henri Matisse chez Bernheim-Jeune, Paris 1995.
Jack Cowart et al.: Matisse in Morocco: The Paintings and Drawings, 1912-1913, National Gallery of Art, Washington and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Harry N. Abrams Publishers New York 1990, No. 6.
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