Focus on Girl in White and discuss the Provenance.
Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862-1925), the artist's sister-in-law, of Amsterdam sold the painting in August 1908 to J.H. de Bois. Five of the paintings that were sold by Johanna became part of the National Gallery of Art collection.
J.H. de Bois, an art dealer and director of The Hague branch of the C.M. Van Gogh gallery had the painting for a portion of 1908.  C.M. van Gogh was Vincent's uncle.
Richard Kisling (1862-1913) of Zürich, an avid collector with 4000 paintings, purchased the painting in 1908 from J.H. de Bois.
Hedwig Glatt-Kisling of Zürich had the painting from 1908 to 1929.
Max Bollag, a gallery owner, of Zürich then had the painting.  He sold it in 1951 to Chester Dale.
Chester Dale (1882-1962) of New York owned the painting from 1951 to 1963.
In 1963 the painting was bequeathed to the National Gallery of Art and placed in the Chester Dale Collection. Chester Dale, as passionate and successful in his art collection as he was on Wall Street, bequeathed in 1962 to the National Gallery of Art some of the most important French painting from the late 19th and early 20th centuries in America.
Amsterdam Max Bollag Johanna National Gallery of Art The Hague Johanna van Gogh-Bonger Wall Street Chester Dale