English Translation

5 alleged offer from about 1931 by Andrew Mellon in the amount of £200,000,-- should be taken as a guideline. 1932/1933 a Rosalind Wheeler wanted to obtain an exclusive "selling option" because she knows a number of wealthy collectors and could double a bid price of US$1 million possible. In a letter to Jaromir Czernin, Eugen Czernine made a reservation for this, while Jaromi Czernin welcomed the offer. Despite further attempts by Rosalind Wheeler to contact, no clarifications followed. In February 1933, in order to clarify the ownership relations at the gallery (and thus also at the present painting) to a comparison between Eugen Czernin and Jaromir Czernine, which provided for a sale of the present paintings by Jaromi Czernin and a share of 20% of the sales revenue for Eugen Ccernin. Through the mediation of Moritz Pálffy, discussions followed between autumn 1934 and spring 1935 on a sale by the expert Gus Mayer, who was active for the London auction house Colnaghi, and again to Andrew Mellon. From letter from Gus mayer to Jaromir Czernin dated 16 December 1934 and from Moritz Pálffy to Jaromir Czernine dated 23 December 1934. On December 1, 1935, Jaromir Czernin's negotiating base of £200,000 was rejected as unrealistic. An offer by the London art dealer Asscher & Welker to purchase £85,000 - was rejected by Eugen Czernine in March 1935. A report from March 1935 to Duveen Brothers shows that Jaromi Czernin's purchase price claim of US$2 million was rejected. The New York branch of Duveen Brothers replied that this price was "outrageous, but there is interest. An offer in the amount of US$ 1 million. by the art store Silbermann in Vienna and New York was judged by Duveen Brothers as being made for mere advertising reasons. A purchase offer in the amount of US$1.3 million without an export permit was not further pursued by Eugen Czernin's lawyer Anton Gassauer. In July 1935, Duveen Brothers considered the lack of an export licence as an argument to further reduce the purchase price to US$1.3 million. In October 1935, the Paris branch of Duveen Brothers at its New York branch found that the price claim was reduced to US$900,000,-- to US $200,000 for attorneys' fees, commissions and exports.