Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago
Harry G. Sundheim Jr., Chicago (acquired from the above in 1960)
Marlborough Fine Art, London (acquired by 1973)
Acquired from the above in 1975 by the present owner

Letter from Magritte to Sundheim, 18 Oct 1960
Suzi Gablik, "Meta-trompe-l'oeil," Art News, New York, vol. 64, March 1965, p. 47
Patrick Waldberg, René Magritte, Brussels, 1965, p. 209, illustrated
Suzi Gablik, Magritte, London, 1970, pp. 142-43
Suzi Gablik, Magritte, London, 1985, p. 158, illustrated
Silvan Levy, "René Magritte and the Window Display," Artscribe, London, no. 28, March 1981, p. 24
David Sylvester and Sarah Whitfield, René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné I: Oil Paintings 1916-1930, vol. I, Antwerp, 1992, no. 139, illustrated p. 211 
Patrick Roegiers, Magritte et la photographie, Brussels, 2005, p. 39, illustrated in color

Chicago, Richard Feigen Gallery, Important Recent Acquisitions, 1960, no. 20, p. 12, illustrated
Little Rock, Arkansas Art Center, Magritte, 1964, n.n.
New York, Museum of Modern Art; Waltham, Brandeis University; Art Institute of Chicago; Pasadena, Art Museum and Berkeley, University Art Museum, René Magritte, 1965, no. 5
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Magritte, 1973, no. 10, p. 65, illustrated in color