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

The Angler [Der Angler]. 1921/140

Watercolor, transfer drawing, and pen and ink on paper mounted on cardboard, 18 7/8 x 12 3/8" (47.6 x 31.2 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. John S. Newberry Collection

Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.

64.61

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Provenance:

Nationalgalerie, Berlin. 1923 - 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.
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York. By 1940
John S. Newberry, New York. [Probably acquired in 1940] - 1961
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. John S. Newberry Collection, 1961

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