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The Angler (Der Angler)
Paul Klee (German, born Switzerland. 1879–1940)
1921. Oil transfer drawing, watercolor and ink on paper with watercolor and ink borders on board, 19 7/8 x 12 1/2" (50.5 x 31.8 cm). John S. Newberry Collection
Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.
64.1961
Nationalgalerie, Berlin. 1923 - 1937
Removed (as “degenerate art”) from German state-owned Museum in 1937; included in Entartete Kunst exhibition, in the Antiken-Museum in Hofgarten, Munich, July 19 - November 30, 1937, and other venues, then sold by Nazi government.
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York. By 1940
John S. Newberry, New York. [Probably acquired in 1940] - 1961
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. John S. Newberry Collection, 1961
Der Angler (in blau)
Der Angler
The Angler
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