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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880–1938.)

Street, Berlin [Strassenszene]. (1913)

Oil on canvas, 47 1/2 x 35 7/8" (120.6 x 91.1 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase

Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.

274.39

Other works by this artist


Provenance:

National Gallery, Berlin. 1920 - 1937
Confiscated (as “degenerate art”) from German state-owned Museum in 1937 and 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.
Buchholz Gallery, New York (Curt Valentin). 1939
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased from Buchholz, April 13, 1939

Alternate titles:

The Street
Street, Berlin (Strasse, Berlin)
Berlin Street
Strassenszene (Street Scene), 1913-14

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