1956, signed lower right; including a copy of the original invoice; provenance: The artist to Galerie F. Clair, Paris, France; May 1956, Herbert Arnot Inc., New York; August 1956, Archie Shore, Chicago, Illinois; Private Collection, U.S.A.; January 28, 1999, Galleries Maurice Sternberg, Chicago, Illinois; Private Collection, Joliet, Illinois, U.S.A.; Family by descent; to be included in volume III by Nicole Verdier “EDOUARD CORTES, Catalogue raisonne de l’oeuvre peint” to be published in 2019