Provenance
1George Griffin Chicago AStEGB, File, most probably delivered by Abris Silberman, regarding Braque, Bateau au Havre, with indication: «Former Collection: George Griffin, Chicago, Illinois».
2Abris Silberman New York • by 1956 until 1961 AStEGB, Correspondence between Abris Silberman, New York, and Emil Bührle/Dr. Peter Dietschi [curator of the Bührle Collection], 26 August 1956–18 October 1956.
3Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 11 December 1961 Inv. 169. Acquired from the above, on behalf of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, by the heirs of Emil Bührle, 11 December 1961, for $ 50.000 (CHF 216.000), AStEGB, Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Annual Report 1960 & 1961, p. 2.
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
19061ère Exposition Cercle de l'art moderne (Hôtel de Ville) • Le Havre • 1906 no. 9.
1956G. Braque, An Exhibition of Paintings Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh • Tate Gallery, London • 1956 no. 3.
1959Triumph der Farbe Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen • Nationalgalerie (Schloss Charlottenburg), Berlin • 1959 no. 52.
1960Exhibition of Modern and Old Masters Finch College Art Gallery and Museum • New York • 1960 no. 5.
1960Georges Braque Kunsthalle Basel • 1960 no. 2.
1961Exhibition 1961, Paintings from the Galleries' Collection E. and A. Silberman Galleries • New York • 1961 no. 1.
2006Georges Braque et le paysage, De l'Estaque à Varengeville 1906–1963 Musée Cantini • Marseille • 2006 no. 2.
2008Sur les quais, Ports, docks et dockers de Boudin à Marquet Musée Malraux, Le Havre • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux • 2008–09 no. 172 (exhibited in Bordeaux only).
2010Van Gogh, Cézanne, Monet, Die Sammlung Bührle zu Gast im Kunsthaus Zürich Kunsthaus Zurich • 2010 no. 169.
References
1949Henry R. Hope Georges Braque (exh. cat.) Museum of Modern Art • New York • 1949, pp. 16 (ill.), 18.
1956Maurice Gieure G. Braque Paris • 1956 • pp. 15, 113, fig. 3.
1961Jean Leymarie Braque Geneva • 1961 • p. 17 (ill.; English edition: Cleveland [Ohio] 1961; German edition: Geneva 1961).
1968Edwin Mullins Braque London • 1968 • p. 17, fig. 5 (American edition: The Art of Georges Braque, New York 1968).
1971Marco Valsecchi • Massimo Carrà L'opera completa di Braque dalla scomposizione cubista al recupero dell'oggetto 1908–1929 Milan • 1971 • no. 6 (ill.; German edition: Das Gesamtwerk des Braque von der kubistischen Zerlegung bis zur Wiedergewinnung des Gegenstandes 1908–1929, Lucerne etc. • 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. 124 (ill.; 21986).
2004Lukas Gloor • Marco Goldin (ed.) Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Catalogue vol. 3 • Conegliano & Zurich • 2004 • no. 105 (ill.; German edition: Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Katalog • Italian edition: Fondazione Collezione E.G. Bührle, Catalogo).
2013David Butcher «Le Havre, Anvers, Le Havre, été 1906: Braque et Friesz» in Le Cercle de l'art moderne, Collectionneurs d'avantgarde au Havre Musée du Luxembourg • Paris • 2013 • pp. 202–203, fig. 92.