Edward James (1907 – 1984), West Dean House, Sussex, acquired directly from the artist.
His estate sale; Christie’s, West Dean House, 2‐6 June 1986, lot 1800.
Private Collection, acquired at the above sale.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, European Artists in America, Nov. 1945 – June 1946, no. 45; this exhibition then travelled to San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1946.
Buenos Aires, Instituto de Arte Moderno, Pavel Tchelitchew, 15 Aug. – 10 Sept. 1949, no. 24.
P. Tyler, The Divine Comedy of Pavel Tchelitchew, New York, 1967, pp. 40, 41 & 429 (illus. pp. 410-11)