This work is included in the Provenance Research Project, which investigates the ownership history of works in MoMA's collection.
Museum für Kunst und Heimatgeschichte, Erfurt [1]; removed as "degenerate art" by the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, 1937 [2]; on consignment to Karl Buchholz (1901 1992), Berlin, 1939; to Curt Valentin (1902 1954), New York, 1939. Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1939 [3]; acquired by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1979 (Nelson A. Rockefeller Bequest).
[1] Painted on bottom of base "2 Erfurt."
[2] EK no. 1942: Sitzende
[3] Lender to the exhibition Art in Our Time, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 10 September 30, 1939 (no. 269).
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