The present work was, until 2019, part of the property from the Estate of Karel Geirlandt (1915-1989), the former director of Paleis voor Schone Kunsten in Brussels, today known as BOZAR. In 1957, Geirlandt founded the Vereniging voor Museum Hedendaagse Kunst in Ghent and was the pillar behind this museum, today known as S.M.A.K., and the spiritual father of Jan Hoet.