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The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture
Jun 20, 1945–Feb 13, 1946
1 other work identified
30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum
Nov 18–29, 1959
5 other works identified
Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992
5 other works identified
Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism
Sep 24, 1989–Jan 16, 1990
1 other work identified
Painting &
Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015
5 other works identified
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1912, Georges Braque, Paris.
Summer 1912 - December 12, 1914, Galerie Kahnweiler (photo no. 1054?), Paris, purchased from the artist.
December 12, 1914 - November 17, 1921, Kahnweiler collection and gallery stock, sequestered during World War I by the French government as enemy property and sold through Hôtel Drouot (2nd sale of Kahnweiler collection, November 17-18, 1921, lot 16), Paris.
November 17, 1921 - ?, André Breton, Paris, purchased from the French government at the 2nd Kahnweiler auction.
? - March 1930, Galerie Pierre, Paris.
March 1930, De Hauke & Co., New York (stock no. 3414), purchased from Galerie Pierre.
March 1930 - December 12, 1941, Paul and Mildred Lamb, Cleveland, Ohio, purchased from De Hauke & Co. and sold at auction, Modern paintings, Sculptures, Drawings and Prints, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, December 12, 1941, lot 120.
December 12, 1941, The Museum of Modern Art, purchased from Mildred Lamb at auction.
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