Jewish investment banker
Kurt Grawi purchased the painting in 1928. Following the rise of
Nazi Germany, Grawi was forced to sell much of his art collection and was incarcerated in
Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He was released after several weeks and escaped to
Chile. Grawi still owned
The Foxes, however, and sold the painting in 1940 to German-American film director
William Dieterle. The painting was acquired by German businessman
Helmut Horten in 1961, and he donated it to the
Düsseldorf city art collections in 1962. ==Restitution==