Collection of the artist
Louis Meisel Collection, New York (acquired from the above in November 1987)
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in 1988)
Louis Meisel Gallery, New York
Private Collection, England
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Little Rock, Arkansas Art Center; Washington, D.C., Fendrick Gallery; St. Louis, Washington University, Gallery of Art; Odessa, Art Institute of the Permian Basin, Robert Cottingham/Barrera-Rosa's, September 1985 - March 1986

Exh. Cat., New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Edward Hopper and the American Imagination, 1995 p. 12, illustrated

This work is in very good condition overall. There is very light evidence of handling along the edges including some minor and unobtrusive hairline craquelure at the pull margins along the lateral edges. The colors are bright, fresh and clean. Under very close inspection and under raking light, a few minor and unobtrusive drip accretions are visible. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, a minor drip accretion in the lower right corner fluoresces lightly, but does not appear to be the result of restoration. Unframed.
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