Provenienz

1Théophile Bascle Bordeaux & Paris • by 1878 until [d.] 1882 Exposition rétrospective de tableaux et dessins de maîtres modernes, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris 1878, no. 115; Catalogue des tableaux anciens et modernes […] succession de M. Th. Bascle, (sale cat.) Hôtel Drouot, Paris, (12–14 April 1883), no. 17; François Auffret, Johan Barthold Jongkind 1819–1891, Héritier, contemporain & précurseur, Paris 2004, p. 143, n. 107 (transcript of death notice of Théophile Bascle).

2Lucas Bordeaux • 1883 Son-in-law of the above, acquired at the above sale, Auffret, as above, n. (1); Archive Oskar Reinhart Collection «Am Römerholz», Winterthur, Letters from Paul Rosenberg, Bordeaux, to Oskar Reinhart, Winterthur, 12 and 16 December 1939, in which Rosenberg describes in detail the recent acquisition of the painting, after having established himself near Bordeaux. or

3Cécile or Marguerite Lucas Bordeaux • until 1939 Auffret, as above, n. (1), lists two daughters of Lucas; Letters as above, n. (2).

4Paul Rosenberg Bordeaux • 1939 Acquired from either one of the above ca. December 1939, Letters as above, n. (2).

5Confiscated by the «Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg» (ERR no. PR 131), turned over to Hermann Göring and traded by Göring to Hans Wendland 14 September 1941 • April 1942 Nancy H. Yeide, Beyond the Dreams of Avarice, The Hermann Goering Collection, Dallas 2009, no. A1155.

6Traded to Galerie Fischer in exchange for works of art Lucerne • 10 April 1942 Yeide, as above, n. (4); 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. *5), 347 (n. 87).

7Purchased by Emil Bührle Zurich • 20 August 1942 Purchased from Galerie Fischer for CHF 70.000, 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 Paul Rosenberg New York • 3 June 1948 AStEGB, Swiss Federal Court, Kammer zur Beurteilung von Raubutklagen / Chambre des actions en revendication de biens spoliés, Lausanne, Request for restitution of artworks by Paul Rosenberg vs. various defendants (including Bührle), Verdict of 3 June 1948 (typescript), ordering the restitution of the claimed works, including Corot, Liseuse.

9Repurchased from Paul Rosenberg by Emil Bührle Zurich • 30 June 1948 with Bührle until [d.] 28 November 1956Repurchased for CHF 80.000 ($ 20.000), AStEGB, Instrument of transaction between Paul Rosenberg, New York, and Emil Bührle, made out and signed by M^re Maurice E. Meyer on behalf of Paul Rosenberg, dated Lausanne, 30 June 1948, according to which Bührle retains property of Corot's Liseuse, against payment of CHF 80.000; Letter from Emil Bührle to Paul Rosenberg, New York, 6 July 1948, expressing his delight to have been allowed to repurchase Corot, Liseuse, and confirming that the check of $ 20.000 covering the purchase has been sent.

10Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 22

AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich