Provenance
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Possibly Lewis & Simmons (Paris, 622 Place Vendôme, France)
Source: inscription on the back of a photo of the bust kept in the Zeri archives
- 1936
Sir Robert Henry Edward Abdy, 5th Bart., English, 1896 - 1976 (Newton Ferrers, Callington Cornwall, England) [sold, Sotheby's, London, May 28, 1936, lot 34, to William Permain.]
1936 -
Mr. William Permain, English, (London, England), sold to William Randolph Hearst.
before 1939
William Randolph Hearst, American, 1863 - 1951 (Saint Donats Castle, Wales)
by 1952 - 1953
Mary Bellis, English, (Charnham Close, Hungerford, Berkshire (England)), sold to Leggatt Brothers, London, England, 1953.
Source: Advertisment on the Connoisseur dated November 1952
- 1953
Leggatt Brothers (London, England)
by 1964 -
Charles de Beistegui, Spanish,
- 1999
Carlos de Bestegui (Château de Groussay, France) [sold, Sotheby's, Château de Groussay, June 3, 1999, lot 460, to Daniel Katz, Ltd.]
1999 - 2000
Daniel Katz Ltd. (London, England), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2000.