Provenance

• 1897: given by Whistler to the sitter, Geneviève Mallarmé (Mme E. Bonniot) (1864-1919) ;
• 1919: passed by family succession to Mme Louise Bonniot (m. 1921) , second wife of the sitter's widower, Maison Mallarmé, Vulaines-sur-Seine;
• 1970: bequeathed to her niece, Mme Jean Paysant (n/a) ;
• 2015: passed to a private collection.
• 2019: bequeathed to the Musée Stéphane Mallarmé, Vulaines-sur-Seine.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.