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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884–1976)
1912. Oil on canvas, 29 7/8 x 40 1/2" (75.9 x 102.9 cm). Gertrud A. Mellon Fund
Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.
160.1955
Stadtmuseum Dresden
Confiscated as “degenerate art” by the National Socialist government, c. 1937, and exhibited in the “Entartete Kunst” exhibition in 1937
Private Collection, Germany
Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf. On consignment from a private collection
Curt Valentin Gallery (formerly Buchholz Gallery), New York. Purchased from Grosshennig, summer 1953 - 1955
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased from Curt Valentin Gallery, 1955
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