Portrait of a Girl
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1862
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- (not assigned)
- Europe
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 18 1/4 x 15 1/8 in. (46.4 x 38.4 cm)
framed: 27 1/4 x 24 1/16 x 2 1/2 in. (69.2 x 61.1 x 6.4 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Edmee B. Busch Greenough and Curt H. Reisinger
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 99:1952
Provenance
1908/07/14
Galerie Heinemann (Zinckgraf-Heinemann Gallery), Munich, Germany, purchased at the Helbing auction "Ölgemälde moderner Meister aus französischen Privatbesitz," July 14, 1908, lot no. 50 [1]
1908 - 1919
Hugo Reisinger (1856-1919), New York, USA, purchased from Galerie Heinemann [2]
1919 - 1952
Edmée B. Busch Greenough (d.1955), New York, and Curt H. Reisinger (d.1964), New York, by inheritance from Hugo Reisinger [3]
1952 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Mrs. Edmée B. Busch Greenough and Curt H. Reisinger [4]
Notes:
[1] Per correspondence [SLAM document files]. A Galerie Heinemann label appears on the back of the painting, with number 9406.
[2] Reisinger's purchase from Galerie Heinemann is noted in correspondence [SLAM document files]. This work was listed in a review of the Reisinger collection in a 1909 publication [Brinton, Christian. "International Studio." September 1909].
[3] Hugo Reisinger's wife, Edmée Busch Reisinger (who later married Charles E. Greenough) and their son, Curt H. Reisinger, inherited the painting upon Hugo Reisinger's death. A label on the back of the painting reads "Curt Reisinger's Property."
[4] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, March 6, 1952.
Galerie Heinemann (Zinckgraf-Heinemann Gallery), Munich, Germany, purchased at the Helbing auction "Ölgemälde moderner Meister aus französischen Privatbesitz," July 14, 1908, lot no. 50 [1]
1908 - 1919
Hugo Reisinger (1856-1919), New York, USA, purchased from Galerie Heinemann [2]
1919 - 1952
Edmée B. Busch Greenough (d.1955), New York, and Curt H. Reisinger (d.1964), New York, by inheritance from Hugo Reisinger [3]
1952 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Mrs. Edmée B. Busch Greenough and Curt H. Reisinger [4]
Notes:
[1] Per correspondence [SLAM document files]. A Galerie Heinemann label appears on the back of the painting, with number 9406.
[2] Reisinger's purchase from Galerie Heinemann is noted in correspondence [SLAM document files]. This work was listed in a review of the Reisinger collection in a 1909 publication [Brinton, Christian. "International Studio." September 1909].
[3] Hugo Reisinger's wife, Edmée Busch Reisinger (who later married Charles E. Greenough) and their son, Curt H. Reisinger, inherited the painting upon Hugo Reisinger's death. A label on the back of the painting reads "Curt Reisinger's Property."
[4] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, March 6, 1952.
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