1The estate of the artist Paris • 1917–1918 Catalogue des tableaux, pastels et dessins par Edgar Degas et provenant de son atelier (2e vente), Galerie Georges Petit, Paris (11–13 December 1918), no. 11 (ill.).
2Durand-Ruel New York • 1918 Acquired at the above sale for FF 11.200, Annotated copy of the above sale catalogue at the Musée d'Orsay (Documentation), Paris; inventoried after the purchase as no. 11398, Degas, (exh. cat.) Grand Palais, Paris etc. 1988–89, no. 361.
3Durand-Ruel Paris Lemoisne no. 996.
4Alphonse Kann St-Germain-en-Laye & London • until [d.] 1948 Lemoisne no. 996.
5Confiscated by the «Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg» (ERR no. Ka 15), and turned over to Hermann Göring 12 July 1941 Nancy H. Yeide, Beyond the Dreams of Avarice, The Hermann Goering Collection, Dallas 2009, no. D27.
6Traded to Galerie Fischer in exchange for works of art Lucerne • 22 October 1941 Yeide, as above, n. (5); Esther Tisa Francini etc., Fluchtgut, Raubgut, Der Transfer von Kulturgütern in und über die Schweiz 1933–1945 und die Frage der Restitution, Unabhängige Expertenkommission Schweiz–Zweiter Weltkrieg (ed.), Zurich 2001, pp. 106 (n. 267), 286 (n. *1).
7Purchased by Emil Bührle Zurich • 3 February 1942 Purchased from Galerie Fischer for CHF 65.000, AStEGB, Letter from Emil Bührle to his lawyer, Dr. Walther Huber, Zurich, 22 August 1947. The figure corresponds to the amount which Bührle later claimed from Fischer in his lawsuit against the latter, and whilst Fischer refused to acknowledge obligation for reimbursement in principle, the figures as such where never questioned. Therefore, these figures defined the amounts which Fischer had to pay back to Bührle after the Federal Court came to the conclusion that Bührle had acquired the paintings in good faith, AStEGB, Swiss Federal Court, Kammer zur Beurteilung von Raubgutklagen/Chambre des actions en revendication de biens spoliés, Lausanne, Verdict of 5 July 1951 (typescript).
8Restituted to Alphonse Kann 5 July 1948 AStEGB, Swiss Federal Court, Kammer zur Beurteilung von Raubgutklagen / Chambre des actions en revendication de biens spoliés, Lausanne, Request for restitution of artworks by Alphonse Kann, London, vs. Emil Bührle, Zurich, Verdict of 5 July 1948 (typescript), stating that Bührle accepts restitution of 3 artworks to Kann, including Degas, Danseuses au foyer.
9The estate of Alphonse KannLondon & Paris 1948–1951 AStEGB, 2 Records with handwritten notes by Bührle, concerning two visits of Maître J. Metthey, Paris, acting on behalf of the heirs of Alphonse Kann, at Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon Bührle & Co., 25 January 1951 and 15 February 1951.
10Repurchased from the estate of Alphonse Kann by Emil Bührle Zurich • 3 February 1951; with Bührle until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired through Maître J. Metthey, Paris, along with two paintings by Degas for £ 24.000 altogether, On the first record, Bührle notes that the asking price from the Kann heirs is ca. £ 30.000 for the 3 works Degas, Madame Camus, Degas, Danseuses and the pastel by Manet (Emil Bührle Collection, Inv. 32, 35, 65). A handwritten note by Bührle attached to the second record states that Metthey has accepted £ 24.000 for the lot on 3rd February 1951.
11Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 35.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich
Paul-André Lemoisne, Degas et son œuvre, 4 vol., Paris, 1946-1949.
1951Degas Kunstmuseum Bern • 1951–52 no. 46.
1952Edgar Degas Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam • 1952 no. 41.
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. 162.
1984Degas, The Dancers National Gallery of Art • Washington D. C. • 1984–85 no. 41.
1988Degas Grand Palais, Paris • Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada, Ottawa • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York • 1988–89 no. 361 (exhibited in Paris only).
2002L'impressionismo e l'età di van Gogh Casa dei Carraresi • Treviso • 2002–03 no. 97.
2004Degas, Classico e moderno Complesso del Vittoriano • Rome • 2004–05 no. 69.
2009Impressionismus und Japanmode, Edgar Degas, James McNeill Whistler Städtische Galerie Überlingen • 2009 no. 66.
2010Van Gogh, Cézanne, Monet, Die Sammlung Bührle zu Gast im Kunsthaus Zürich Kunsthaus Zurich • 2010 no. 36.
2010Degas Yokohama Museum of Art • Yokohama • 2010 no. 92.
2011Degas and the Ballet, Picturing Movement Royal Academy of Art • London • 2011 no. 40.
2016Von Dürer bis van Gogh, Sammlung Bührle trifft Wallraf Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud • Cologne • 2016–17 no. 54.
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. 32.
1947Paul-André Lemoisne Degas et son œuvre vol. 3 Peintures et pastels 1883–1908, Notices et reproductions du no. 717 au no. 1466 Paris • 1947 • no. 996 (ill.; 2New York 1984).
1970Fiorella Minervino • Franco Russoli L'opera completa di Degas Milan • 1970 • no. 852 (ill.; 21978; German edition: Das Gesamtwerk von Degas, Lucerne & Zurich • Spanish edition: La obra pictórica completa de Degas, Barcelona 1972 • French edition: Jacques Lassaigne, Fiorella Minervino, Tout l'œuvre peint de Degas, Paris 1974; 21988).
1973Leopold Reidemeister etc. Stiftung Sammlung Emil G. Bührle • Fondation Collection Emil G. Bührle • Foundation Emil G. Bührle Collection Zurich & Munich • 1973 • no.48 (ill.; 21986).
1977Edouard Hüttinger Degas Paris • 1977 • p. 92 (ill.).
1994Emil Maurer Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Zürich Bern • 1994 • pp. 46-47 (English edition: Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Bern 1995).
2001Esther Tisa Francini etc. Fluchtgut, Raubgut, Der Transfer von Kulturgütern in und über die Schweiz 1933–1945 und die Frage der Restitution Unabhängige Expertenkommission Schweiz–Zweiter Weltkrieg (ed.) • Zurich • 2001 • pp. 106 (n. 267), 286 (n. *1), 509.
2005Lukas Gloor • Marco Goldin (ed.)Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Catalogue vol. 2 • Conegliano & Zurich • 2005 • no. 50 (ill.; German edition: Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Katalog • Italian edition: Fondazione Collezione E.G. Bührle, Catalogo). ▪
2006Suite française, Dessins de la collection Jean Bonna (exh. cat.) • Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris • Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva • 2006–07 • pp. 328, 330 (fig. 1).
2009Nancy H. Yeide Beyond the Dreams of Avarice, The Hermann Goering Collection Dallas • 2009 • no. D27 (ill.).
2016Lukas Gloor «Emil Bührle and Paul Rosenberg: A business relationship at the dawn of the post-war era» in 21, rue La Boétie, based on the book by Anne Sinclair (exh. cat.) • Musée La Boverie • Liège • 2016–17 • pp. 135–136, fig. 80 (French edition: «Emil Bührle et Paul Rosenberg: Une relation d'affaires au lendemain de la guerre» in 21, rue La Boétie, d'après le livre d'Anne Sinclair; 2nd edition: [exh. cat.] Musée Maillol, Paris 2017, pp. 137–138, fig. 76).
2019Marine Kisiel «Les tableaux en long» in Degas à l'Opéra (exh. cat.) • Musée d'Orsay • Paris • 2019–20 • p. 186, n. 5 (English edition: Degas at the Opéra, [exh. cat.] National Gallery of Art • Washington • 2020 • p. 186, n. 6).
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. 186 (ill.).