Odilon-Jean Périer, Brussels (acquired from the Artist).
Private collection, Brussels (acquired from the above in 1927).
Then by descent.
Exhibitions
Brussels, Galerie Le Centaure, Exposition René Magritte, 23 April-3 May 1927, n°.61.
Tokyo, National Museum of Fine Art, Rétrospective René Magritte, 22 May-11 July 1971, n°.67, illustrated p.119.
Kyoto, NationalMuseum of Modern Art, Rétrospective René Magritte, 20 July-5 September 1971, n°.67.
Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano, Magritte, La Storia Centrale, 16 March-8 July 2001, p.38, illustrated in colour.
Rome, Scuderie del Quirinale, Metaphysica, 27 September 2003- 6 January 2004, p.263, n°29, illustrated in colour.
Vienna, BA-CA Kunstforum, René Magritte, Der Schlüssel der Träume, 6 April-26 July 2005, pp. 46 & 47, n°1, illustrated on colour.
Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Der Schlüssel der Träume, 7 August-27 November 2005, pp. 46 & 47, n°1, illustrated on colour.
Literature
David Sylvester, Sarah Whitfield & Michael Raeburn, RENE MAGRITTE, CATALOGUE RAISONNE, Vol.IV, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés, 1918-1967,
Ed Flammarion/Fonds Mercator, Paris, 1994, p.296, n°.1606, illustrated.