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Self-Portrait
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Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Painted as a gift for Theodore Watts-Dunton 1877; inherited by his wife Clara Watts-Dunton 1914 sold; [through Sotheby’s London March 22 1939 lot 43 £520]; [to Barbizon House London.] Martin Birnbaum for Grenville L. Winthrop (1939-1943) bequeathed; to Fogg Art Museum 1943.
Notes:
1. The names of Barbizon House and Legatt (another London dealer) are both inscribed in the margins next to lot 43 in the microfiche copy of the Sotheby’s March 22 1939 catalogue.
2. Grenville L. Winthrop’s records do not provide any information about where Martin Birnbaum purchased this painting in 1939.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
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