ALFRED STEVENS (BELGIAN, 1823-1906)

Jacques Hébrard.
Charles Viguier sale; Galerie Petit, Paris, 4-5 May 1906, lot 72, titled L'attente.
Acquired at the above sale by Bernheim Jeune.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 May 1908, lot 111.
William Merritt Chase sale; American Art Association, New York, 18 April 1912, lot 139, titled Expectancy,
where purchased by Knoedler.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 May 1968, lot 111, titled Rêverie.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 4 December 1968, lot 140, titled La lettre d'amour.
Purchased by the family of the present owner in auction in France, 1980's,
Thence by descent.