S. Osman Ali, Karachi, Pakistan and Washington, D.C. J. William Middendorf II (born 1924), Washington, D.C., by 1976; sold, Sotheby Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Apr. 21, 1976, lot 123, to James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka and Chicago, IL; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, 1990 [on long-term loan at the Art Institute of Chicago, July 15, 1997; publicly promised as a gift to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1997; signed a promised gift agreement for the work, 2002]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.