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Works from the Museum Collection
Aug 12–Sep 21, 1952
1 other work identified
Works from the Museum Collection
Aug 12–Sep 21, 1952
1 other work identified
XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Oct 19, 1954–Feb 6, 1955
Picasso: 12 Masterworks
Mar 15–Apr 17, 1955
1 other work identified
Picasso: 75th Anniversary
May 4–Sep 8, 1957
Picasso in the Museum of Modern Art: 80th Birthday Exhibition
May 14–Sep 18, 1962
2 other works identified
Art in a Changing World: 1884–1964: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
May 27, 1964
3 other works identified
Picasso in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
Feb 3–Apr 2, 1972
5 other works identified
Picasso in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
Feb 3–Apr 2, 1972
2 other works identified
Pablo Picasso: A Retrospective
May 16–Sep 30, 1980
Pablo Picasso: A Retrospective
May 16–Sep 30, 1980
Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992
5 other works identified
Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992
2 other works identified
Selections from the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture
Jul 1, 1993
2 other works identified
Artist’s Choice: John Baldessari
Mar 17–May 10, 1994
1 other work identified
Artist’s Choice: John Baldessari
Mar 17–May 10, 1994
1 other work identified
Artist’s Choice: John Baldessari
Mar 17–May 10, 1994
1 other work identified
Matisse Picasso
Feb 13–May 19, 2003
2 other works identified
Matisse Picasso
Feb 13–May 19, 2003
1 other work identified
Matisse Picasso
Feb 13–May 19, 2003
1 other work identified
Painting &
Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015
4 other works identified
Painting &
Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015
6 other works identified
Picasso in Fontainebleau
Oct 8, 2023–Feb 17, 2024
3 other works identified
Picasso in Fontainebleau
Oct 8, 2023–Feb 17, 2024
Picasso in Fontainebleau
Oct 8, 2023–Feb 17, 2024
11 other works identified
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This work is included in the Provenance Research Project, which investigates the ownership history of works in MoMA's collection.
Acquired from the artist by Léonce Rosenberg (1879–1947), Paris, November 1915 [1]; sold to Alphonse Kann (1870–1948), Saint-Germain-en-Laye, January 22, 1918 [2]; confiscated during the Nazi occupation by the ERR (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg), June 1940 [3]; restituted by the Commission de récupération artistique, Paris to Alphonse Kann, London, July 1947 [4]; Estate of Alphonse Kann (Hélène Bokanowski, his niece), 1948 [5]; sold to Paul Rosenberg, New York; acquired by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, January 1950 (Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest) [6].
[1] Fonds Léonce Rosenberg, Bibliotheque Kandinsky, Musée National d'Art Moderne/ Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (no. 5108, ph.2).
[2] Ibid. Lender to the exhibitions Picasso, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 16- July 30, 1932 (no. 99: Arlequin; Collection Alphonse Kann, Paris); and Maitres de l’art indépendant 1895-1937, Petit Palais, Paris, 1937 (no. 2: Arlequin (1915) A M. Alphonse Kann). The painting was to be included in Alfred Barr’s exhibition Picasso, Forty Years of His Art, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 15, 1939-January 7, 1940, but was not shipped due to the outbreak of the War. It was reproduced in the catalog (Picasso, Forty Years of His Art, p. 88, no. 126), but not shown in the exhibition.
[3] Harlequin was stored at the Jeu de Paume in Paris. ERR inventory number: KA 1063. The painting was destined for transport to the ERR repository in Nikolsburg (Czech Republic) in August 1944, but the French Resistance was able to stop the train in Aulnay outside of Paris. See Database of Art Objects at the Jeu de Paume (http://www.errproject.org/jeudepaume/).
[4] "Liste des objets appartenant à M. Alphonse Kann;" and "Coll. Alphonse Kann - Restitution du 11 Juillet 1947," Dossier Kann, Archives de la récupération artistique, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, La Courneuve.
[5] "Reçu de la Direction des Musées de France les tableaux ci-après désignés provenant de la collection de M. Alphonse Kann," October 22, 1948/November 9, 1948, Archives des musées nationaux, Paris.
[6] Collection files, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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