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Archibald Menzies
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Busch-Reisinger Museum
Mrs. Pender-Small (?-1927) sold; [through Christie’s London November 28 1927 lot 50]; to Spiller (1927-?). [Julius H. Weitzner New York NY sold]; to Robert Rantoul Endicott New York NY (?-1957) gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum 1957.
Notes:
1. According to a letter dated October 21 1968 from Mr. Brinsley Ford London to the Director of the Busch-Reisinger Museum the painting was purchased at the November 28 1927 Christie’s London sale by Spiller for 32 gns. No further information about the identity of Spiller is provided; it is possible that Spiller was a dealer.
2. According to a letter from Julius H Weitzner to Robert R. Endicott dated September 27 1957 the painting was exhibited at the Kaiser-Friedrich Museum in Berlin from 1929-1932.
3. The painting was lent by Julius H. Weitzner to the 1956 Wadsworth Athenaeum Hartford CT exhibition “Homage to Mozart” (cat. 36).
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum Gift of Robert Rantoul Endicott
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