Provenance
Presumably Pastor Hermann Nöldeke, Wiedensahl (the artist's brother in law). Sigmund Waldes Collection, Dresden (until 1939/1941). Devisenstelle beim Oberfinanzpräsidenten Dresden (Foreign currency office at the Chief Finance President Dresden (confiscated from the possession of the above, 1939-1941). 'Linz art gallery' (Linz no. 2612, acquired from above confiscation in 1942). Altaussee, Depot (Altaussee number: 3142 issued by CCP Munich). Central Collecting Point, Munich (1945-1949, with the Munich number 4493 on the reverse). Central Collecting Point, Wiesbaden (1949-1951). JRSO, Nuremberg (returned from the above in 1951). National Museum Bezalel, Jerusalem (from the above in 1952, inv. no. M2007-11-52). Ida Waldes, New York (returned from the museum in 1965). Private collection Lower Saxony. The work is free from restitution claims.
Literature
Hans Georg Gmelin, Wilhelm Busch als Maler, Berlin 1998, addenda 3, no. 963, allocation number 629. Dorotheum Vienna, November 14, 1994, lot 121.