Provenance
1Paul Rosenberg Paris • until 1926 ReVision, Die Moderne im Städel 1906–1937, (exh. cat.) Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt/Main 1991–92, p. 164.
2Städtische Galerie Frankfurt/Main • 1926–1937 Inv. no. SG 387; exh. cat. as above, n. (1), no. 17.
3Seized by the German authorities as «degenerate art», to be sold 17 July 1937 Exh. cat. as above, n. (1).
4Galerie FischerLucerne • 1939 Gemälde und Plastiken aus deutschen Museen, Auktion in Luzern, (sale cat.) Galerie Fischer, Lucerne (30 June 1939), no. 14; «Degenerate Art», The Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany, (exh. cat.) Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Art Institute of Chicago 1991, pp. 140, 150 (ill.), fig. 123.
5Pierre Matisse New York • 1939 Acquired at the above sale for CHF 3.300, Pierre Matisse Gallery Archives, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, Invoice from Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, made out to Mr. Matisse, 30 June 1939, with stamp and signature acknowledging receipt on 1 July 1939.
6Dalzell Hatfield Los Angeles AStEGB, Inventory Card Braque, Still Life.
7Oliver B. James New York Inventory Card as above, n. (6).
8Dr. Peter Nathan New York and Dr. Fritz Nathan Zurich • 1953 AStEGB, Handwritten note by Emil Bührle listing paintings Bührle was negotiating with Dr. Fritz Nathan, including Braque, Still Life; Payment order from Emil Bührle to Industrie- und Handelsbank, Zurich, regarding a payment of $ 48.500 to Dr. Fritz Nathan, Zurich, 23 December 1953; Receipt for the above sum as payment for three paintings acquired through Dr. Peter Nathan in New York, including Braque's Still Life, priced at $ 10.500, handwritten and signed by Dr. Fritz Nathan, Zurich, 23 December 1953.
9Emil Bührle Zurich • 23 December 1953 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from Dr. Peter Nathan, New York and Dr. Fritz Nathan, Zurich, for $ 10.500, Receipt as above.
10Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 8.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich
Maeght (ed.), Catalogue de l’œuvre de Georges Braque 1907–1957, Peintures, 7 vol., Paris, 1959-1982.
Exhibitions
1958Sammlung Emil G. Bührle, Festschrift zu Ehren von Emil G. Bührle zur Eröffnung des Kunsthaus-Neubaus und Katalog der Sammlung Emil G. Bührle Kunsthaus Zurich • 1958 no. 301.
1991ReVision, Die Moderne im Städel 1906–1937 Städelsches Kunstinstitut • Frankfurt/Main • 1991–92 no. 17.
2008Georges Braque Bank Austria Kunstforum • Vienna • 2008–09 no. 42.
2010Van Gogh, Cézanne, Monet, Die Sammlung Bührle zu Gast im Kunsthaus Zürich Kunsthaus Zurich • 2010 no. 8.
201621, rue La Boétie, D'après le livre d'Anne Sinclair Musée La Boverie • Liège • 2016–17 no. 55.
201721, rue La Boétie, D'après le livre d'Anne Sinclair Musée Maillol • Paris no. 51.
2018Bührle Collection: Impressionist Masterpieces from the E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich (Switzerland) National Art Center, Tokyo • Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka • Nagoya City Art Museum • 2018 no. 61.
References
1929P. Le Grand de Reulandt «Collection d'art français en Allemagne, Œuvres des XIXe et XXe siècles, Le Musée de Francfort»in Cahiers d'Art(4) • 1929 • p. 161 (ill. lower right).
1932George Isarlov Georges Braque Paris • 1932 • no. 322.
1959John Russell G. Braque London • 1959 • fig. 35 (German edition: Cologne, pp. 26, 127, fig. 35).
1968Nicole S. Mangin Catalogue de l'œuvre de Georges Braque, Peintures 1907–1957 Maeght (ed.) • vol. 3 Catalogue de l'œuvre de Georges Braque, Peintures 1924–1927 Paris • 1968 • no. 10 (ill.).
1971Marco Valsecchi • Massimo Carrà L'opera completa di Braque dalla scomposizione cubista al recupero dell'oggetto 1908–1929 Milan • 1971 • no. 223 (ill.; German edition: Das Gesamtwerk des Braque von der kubistischen Zerlegung bis zur Wiedergewinnung des Gegenstandes 1908–1929, Lucerne etc. 1971 • French edition: Tout l'œuvre peint de Braque 1908–1929, Paris 1973).
1973Leopold Reidemeister etc. Stiftung Sammlung Emil G. Bührle / Fondation Collection Emil G. Bührle / Foundation Emil G. Bührle Collection Zurich & Munich • 1973 • no. 127 (ill.; 21986).
1980Hans-Joachim Ziemke Das Städelsche Kunstinstitut, Die Geschichte einer Stiftung (exh. cat.) • Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn/Bad Godesberg • 1980 • p. 71 (ill. bottom).
1991«Degenerate Art»The Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany (exh. cat.) • Los Angeles County Museum of Art • Art Institute of Chicago • 1991 • pp. 140, 150 (ill.), fig. 123 (the painting at the 1939 Fischer sale).
2004Lukas Gloor, Marco Goldin (ed.) Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Catalogue vol. 3 • Conegliano & Zurich • 2004 • no. 109 (ill.; German edition: Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Katalog • Italian edition: Fondazione Collezione E.G. Bührle, Catalogo).
2007Gesa Jeuthe «Die Moderne unter dem Hammer, Zur 'Verwertung' der 'entarteten' Kunst durch die Luzerner Galerie Fischer 1939» in Angriff auf die Avantgarde, Kunst und Kunstpolitik im Nationalsozialismus Uwe Fleckner (ed.) • Berlin • 2007 • p. 269.
2014«Catalogue des œuvres vendues par la Galerie Fischer à Lucerne le 30 juin 1939» in L'art dégénéré selon Hitler, La vente de Lucerne, 1939 (exh. cat.) • Collections artistiques de l'Université de Liège (Cité Miroir) • Liège • 2014–15 • p. 135, no. 14 (ill.).
2021Lukas Gloor «The Holdings of the Emil Bührle Collection: Illustrated List of All 633 Purchases» in The Emil Bührle Collection: History, Full Catalogue and 70 Masterpieces Swiss Institute for Art Research, Zurich (ed.), Munich 2021, no. 336 (ill.).