The Wave
H. Hecht collection, Paris; auctioned in 1891, Paris; Rosenberg Art Dealers, Paris; purchased by Ferenc Hatvany in Paris from Rosenberg Art Dealers, around 1910; deposited in 1942 at the Hungarian General Credit Bank, Budapest (Chest No. I.), under the name of Janos Horvath; 1944/45, missing from the deposit at the Hungarian General Credit Bank; whereabouts unknown
It is unknown whether the loss during the Nazi persecution was caused by the German army, by the Soviet army, or by others.
I. Genthon: Baron Ferenc Hatvany’s Collection of Modern Paintings, Magyar Művészet, XI, 1935, p. 18; E. Gerlőtei: L’ancienne collection François de Hatvany, 1966, p. 361; Robert Fernier "Peintures, 1866–1877." La vie et l'oeuvre de Gustave Courbet. 2 , Lausanne, 1978, Cat. No: 748; Pierre Courthion. L'opera completa di Courbet. Milan, 1985, Cat. No. 738; Sacco di Budapest. Depredation of Hungary 1938-1949. No: 16846, p. 241; Kálmán Pogány: Complete Inventory of the Baron Ferenc Hatvany Collection, manuscript, 1932-1937. I /a. No. 17.; Registration files of the ministerial commissioner for artworks looted from public and private art collections, 1946–1948, No.: 784
Exhibited: Paris World Exhibition 1882; First Exhibition of Nationalised Artworks, Hall of Exhibitions, Budapest, 1919. Room IV. No. 35; Francia művészeti alkotások magyar magántulajdonból [French artworks from Hungarian private collections.] The Countess Eva Almasy-Teleki Institute of Art, Budapest, 1940. Cat. No. 38.