Oil on cardboard, laid on panel. Signed and dated in the moist paint in the upper margin. With a label inscribed by Elisabeth Nöldeke on the reverse, as well as with a label numbered by hand. 14.9 x 8.9 cm.
With a confirmation of authenticity on the reverse, as well as with the ownership note of Elisabeth Nöldeke dated Februar 5, 1925.
LITERATURE: Hans Georg Gmelin, Wilhelm Busch als Maler, Berlin 1981, p. 282, no. 375 (illu.). - - Hugo Helbing, Munich, auction on July 14, 1925, lot 35. Auction house Neumeister, Munich, 168th auction, May 12/13, 1976, lot 1558. Villa Grisebach, Berlin, 72nd auction, June 5, 1999, lot 113 (illu.).