Gorge dans une Forêt (le Puits Noir) [Gorge in a Forest (The Black Well)]

P. A. Chéramy, Paris, 1908; (Collection P. A. Chéramy Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 5-7, 1908, no. 142) [1]. (Galerie Georges Petit Sale, Paris, March 4-5, 1920, no. 29) [2]. Dr. Franz Anton Boner [1868-1941], Berlin, by 1925 [3]; Lisa Boner [1881-1967], Munich, 1941 [4]; inherited by Clemens Kienlechner, Katarina Kienlechner, Munich, and Susanne Kienlechner [5]; (Christie’s Sale, London, December 1, 1967, no. 14) [6]; purchased by Heim Gallery, London [7]; purchased by Edward W. Carter [1911-1996], Los Angeles, December 12, 1967 [8]. Jean Paul Ledeur [b. 1933], Paris (?) [9]. Acquavella Galleries, New York City, by November 1977 [10]; purchased by Sylvan Goldman [1898-1984], Oklahoma City, 1977; extended loan to Oklahoma Museum of Art, 1977; given to Oklahoma Museum of Art, December 28, 1981; transferred to Oklahoma City Art Museum, 1989; transferred to Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 2002. 

[1] Galerie Georges Petit, Catalogue (1908), no. 142 and Christie’s, Catalogue (1967), no. 14; the painting is also listed in Fernier, Gustave Courbet (1978), no. 378, but the provenance provided there is not accurate
[2] Galerie Georges Petit, Catalogue (1920), no. 29
[3] Kienlechner, “Una Versione sconosciuta della Tela di Giovanni Battista Tiepolo,” (2019), pg. 65 and correspondence from Susanne Kienlechner, April 11, 2021; see also Galerie Wertheim, Ausstellung Gustav Courbet (1930), no. 47 and label on verso that reads “Moderne Galerie Wertheim / Felslandschaft bei Etretat / 22”
[4] Christie’s, Catalogue (1967), no. 14; Lisa Boner was the wife of Franz Boner
[5] Christie’s, Catalogue (1967), no. 14, in which it is noted that Lisa Boner was the grandmother of K. Kienlechner, and correspondence from Susanne Kienlechner, April 11, 2021
[6] Christie’s, Catalogue (1967), no. 14
[7] Heim Gallery, Stock Book (1966-1970), pg. 27 (Getty Research Institute, Box 202) and Christie’s, Catalogue (1967), no. 14, see list of prices and buyers
[8] Heim Gallery, invoice dated December 1, 1967 and marked as paid December 12, 1967 (Getty Research Institute, Box 207); Heim Gallery purchased the work at auction on behalf of Edward W. Carter
[9] Courthion, Courbet (1985), no. 418, lists the work as being in the collection of J. P. Ledeur, however at the time of publication (1985) the work had already been at the Oklahoma Museum of Art for eight years; Fernier, Gustave Courbet (1978), no. 378 also lists Ledeur as a previous owner, but other flaws have been found with the provenance provided in that book
[10] Reeve, Masters of the Landscape (1977), no. 24