The Grasshopper and the Ant
Jehan-Georges Vibert (French, 1840–1902)

Count Camondo, 1875–1880 [1];
Purchased from Count Camondo by Goupil, Paris, stock book 10, no. 14511, May 15, 1880;
Purchased from Goupil, Paris, by Knoedler’s, New York, stock book 3, no. 2756, May 15, 1880–February 8, 1882 [2];
Purchased from Knoedler’s, New York, by George I. Seney (1826–1893), New York, February 8, 1882–April 2, 1885;
Sold at his sale, American Art Galleries, New York, April 2, 1885, lot 259, as The Cricket and the Ant, 1885.
McEvers Bayard Brown (1852–1926), Essex County, England, by 1926.
Sold at Old & Modern Paintings of the American and European Schools from the collections of Nicholas Acquavella, Mrs. George B. Hurd, Ross H. Maynard, Simon J. Schwartz, Mrs. William F. Sheehan and from the estates of the late Charles English, Philip C. Krauthoff and McEvers B. Brown, Anderson Galleries, New York, November 24, 1926, lot 159, as The Cricket and the Ant.
Purchased from Newhouse Galleries, New York, November 11, 1927 by Charles W. Martin (1863–1944), Omaha, Nebraska, 1927–January 1, 1939;
His gift to his nephew Francis T. B. Martin (1904–1995), Omaha, Nebraska, January 1, 1939–1995;
Bequest of Francis T. B. Martin to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1995.

[1] Identified as belonging to “comte de Comondo” in Explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, architecture, gravure, et lithographie des artistes vivants (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1875), 284. This possibly refers to Abraham Behor de Camondo (1810–1889) or his brother Nissim de Camondo (1830–1889), both bankers from the Camondo family who resided in Paris.

[2] Goupil’s stock book records the purchase date as May 15, 1880, but Knoedler’s stock book records the work’s entry date as August 18, 1880.