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Paul Klee (German, born Switzerland. 1879–1940)
1926. Oil and tempera on canvas mounted on cardboard, 18 3/8 x 25 1/8" (46.7 x 63.8 cm). Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.
271.1939
Acquired from the artist by the Stadtmuseum, Dresden, 1926 [1]; removed as "degenerate art" by the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, 1937 [2]; acquired by Karl Buchholz, Berlin, 1939 [3]; to Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York, 1939; acquired by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, April 13, 1939 (Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund).
[1] Paul-Klee-Stiftung, Kunstmuseum Bern, eds. Paul Klee: catalogue raisonné. Bern: Benteli and New York: Thames and Hudson, vol. 4 (2000), no. 4075. Included in the exhibition Internationale Kunstausstellung, Städtischer Ausstellungspalast Dresden, Juni-September, 1926 (no. 528).
[2] EK number: 15982. Included in the exhibition Degenerate Art, Hofgarten-Arkaden, Munich, July 19-November 30, 1937 and other venues.
[3] Included in the exhibition Art in Our Time, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 10- September 30, 1939 (no. 182).
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