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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884–1976.)

Pharisees [Pharisäer]. 1912 1912

Oil on canvas, 29 7/8 x 40 ½” (75.9 x 102.9 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gertrud A. Mellon Fund

Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.

160.55

Other works by this artist

Provenance :

Stadtmuseum Dresden

Confiscated as “degenerate art” by the National Socialist government, c. 1937, and exhibited in the “Entartete Kunst” exhibition in 1937

Private Collection, Germany

Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf. On consignment from a private collection

Curt Valentin Gallery (formerly Buchholz Gallery), New York. Purchased from Grosshennig, summer 1953 - 1955

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased from Curt Valentin Gallery, 1955
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