Mme André Devis, Brussels
Bern'Art, Brussels
Private collection, Belgium (sale: Sotheby's, London, 30 May 2008, lot 345)
Purchased at the above sale 

Antwerp, Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, Evenepoel, 1953, no. 58
Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Henri Evenepoel, 1872-1899, 1994, no. 81, illustrated in the catalogue (as Etude de nu. Femme de face, une main derrière le dos, dans l'atelier)

Charles De Mey (the artist's son), unpublished monograph on Henri Evenepoel, p. 219, no. 4

The original canvas has not been lined. There is an even reflective varnish throughout the painted surface and some scattered lines of fine craquelure. Ultra-violet light reveals some strokes of retouching addressing old repairs, including: a circa 25 x 5cm arched stroke in the background in the upper left quadrant (patched on the reverse); one stroke in the upper part of the right arm; one T-shaped stroke in the right hip; and one circa 10cm vertical repair in the trousers of the paint in the lower right corner. Other strokes of retouching are also visible in the lower left and lower right corners and there is one very small spot of strengthening in the woman's left eye. Otherwise, this picture presents well and is ready to hang. Presented in a dark wooden frame.
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Painted circa 1894.