Paula Modersohn-Becker Self-Portrait with Two Flowers in Her Raised Left Hand 1907
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 21 3/4 × 9 3/4" (55.2 × 24.8 cm)
- Credit
- Jointly owned by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Debra and Leon Black, and Neue Galerie New York, Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
- Object number
- 570.2017
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Paula Modersohn-Becker has 5 works online.
- There are 2,456 paintings online.
Installation views
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504: New Expression in Germany and Austria
Oct 21, 2019–Jun 25, 2023
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504: New Expression in Germany and Austria
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504: New Expression in Germany and Austria
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504: New Expression in Germany and Austria
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504: New Expression in Germany and Austria
Oct 21, 2019–Jun 25, 2023
6 other works identified
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504: New Expression in Germany and Austria
Oct 21, 2019–Jun 25, 2023
6 other works identified
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504: New Expression in Germany and Austria
Oct 21, 2019–Jun 25, 2023
3 other works identified
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504: New Expression in Germany and Austria
Oct 21, 2019–Jun 25, 2023
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504: Vienna Secession
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1907, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Worpswede, Germany.
[1907 - before 1917, Estate of Paula Modersohn-Becker, Worpswede, Germany]
1917 - at least 1919, Karl Jakob Hirsch (1892-1952), Worpswede, Paris, and Berlin.
[1919, Graphisches Kabinett J. B. Neumann (Jsrael Ber Neumann, 1887-1961), Berlin]
By 1928 (probably by 1921) - at least July 16, 1941 (possibly until 1950), Hugo Simon (1880-1950), Berlin, Paris, and Brazil, possibly purchased from/through Graphisches Kabinett J. B. Neumann.
[1950 - 1952, Gertrud Simon, Brazil, probably inherited from her husband Hugo Simon]
1952 - 1966, Paul Speck (1896-1966), Zürich, probably acquired through Galerie Ernst Beyeler.
1966 - 1976, Else Speck, Zürich, inherited from her husband Paul Speck.
1976 - 2013, Julia Diethelm, Zürich, inherited from her mother Else Speck.
2013 - 2017, Heirs of Julia Diethelm, Zürich, inherited from Julia Diethelm.
2017, The Museum of Modern Art and The Neue Galerie, New York, jointly purchased from heirs of Julia Diethelm through Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Bremen/Berlin.
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