Niveau Gallery, New York
Joseph Katz, Pittsburgh (acquired from the above in August 1959)
Thence by descent 

Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute of Art, Department of Fine Arts, Art Since 1900 Privately Owned in the Pittsburgh Area, 1963, n.n.
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Museum of Art, Art in Residence, 1973-74, n.n.

This work is in very good condition. Executed on cream wove paper. T-hinged to mat at two places along the top edge on its verso. The edges are deckled. The pigment is fresh and strong. Some very minor mat staining along the extreme perimeter of the sheet, not visible when framed. Some minor scattered foxing throughout the sheet, most notably to the left edge.
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