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Paul Klee (German, 1879-1940. Born and died in Switzerland.)

Dying Plants [Sterbende Pflanzen]. 1922/82

Watercolor on paper, 17 7/8 x 12" (45.5 x 30.5 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Philip L. Goodwin Collection

Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.

102.58

 

Other works by this artist

Provenance :

Private collection, Weimar. 1929 - 1930

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Weimar

Confiscated as “degenerate art” from the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Weimar, c. 1937, then sold by Nazi government

Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York. From Nazi government, by 1939

Philip L. Goodwin (1885-1958), New York. Purchased from Buchholz Gallery, May 3, 1939 - 1958

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Philip L. Goodwin Collection, 1958 (to MC 10.29.58)

 

 

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