The death of his wife Alice in 1911 seems to have been a factor in his completing them, and in 1912 he exhibited them in Paris, where the painting was acquired by the Welsh art collector Gwendoline Davies.
The death of his wife Alice in 1911 seems to have been a factor in his completing them. In 1912 he held a successful exhibition at the gallery Bernheim-Jeune in Paris, where the painting was acquired by the Welsh art collector Gwendoline Davies.