Nel Wouters-Duerinckx Collection
Robert Scimps, Groenedael
Private Collection (acquired as a gift from the above and sold: Sotheby's, London, March 27, 1985, lot 128)
André Demeure, Lasne
Galerie Patrick Derom, Brussels
Art Flanders Gallery, Brussels
Sale: Christie's, London, October 20, 1988, lot 58
Private Collection
Noortman Master Paintings, Maastricht
Acquired from the above

Stockholm, Liljevachs Konsthall; Malmö, Malmö Konstmuseum; Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus; Belgisk Konst, 1934, no. 246, illustrated in the catalogue
Antwerp, Galerie Breckpot, Rik Wouters, 1944, no. 10
Verviers, Société Royale des Beaux-Arts; Malines, Stadsfeestzaal; Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen; The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Rik Wouters, 1946, no. 24
Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Rik Wouters. Beeldhouwwerken en Schetsen, 1947
Charleroi, Salle de la Bourse, XXIème Salon - Cercle artistique et littéraire, 1947, no. 1
Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Rik Wouters, 1947, no. 38
Brussels, Gallery Breughel, Rik Wouters, 1954, no. 7

Roger Avermaete, Rik Wouters, Brussels, 1962, p. 203
Olivier Bertrand, Rik Wouters, Les peintures, catalogue raisonné; Rik Wouters, de schilderijen, Antwerp, 1995, no 19, illustrated p. 29

Work is in very good condition. Painted on buff colored card that has been laid down on panel. Panel is sound. Card is time darkened overall with a few minor stains visible along extreme left edge. Under UV light: a pinhead sized dot at center of lower right quadrant fluoresces but appearst to be original and no inpainting is apparent.
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