Paul Klee (German, 1879–1940. Born and died in Switzerland.)

Around the Fish [Um den Fisch]. 1926/C4

Oil on canvas, 18 3/8 x 25 1/8" (46.7 x 63.8 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund

Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.

271.39

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Provenance:

Stadtmuseum und Gemäldegalerie (or Staatliche Gemälde Galerie), Dresden. 1926 - 1937
Confiscated (as “degenerate art”) from German state-owned Museum in 1937; included in Entartete Kunst exhibition, in the Antiken-Museum in Hofgarten, Munich, July 19 - November 30, 1937, and other venues, then sold by Nazi government.
Stored at Schloss Niederschönhausen, Berlin (in view of being sold abroad). Fall 1938
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York. 1939
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired from Curt Valentin, April 13, 1939

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