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| Keywords: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Modern Bohemia - 55.3 - Minneapolis Institute of Arts.jpg German Expressionism Genre Figures in an interior of a house; nude human figure - female 49 1/4 x 65 1/8 in 125 1 x 165 42 cm canvas 58 x 73 3/4 x 2 1/4 in 147 32 x 187 33 x 5 72 cm outer frame 55 3 https //api artsmia org/images/1271/6620/large jpg Q1700481 Oil on canvas Museum Folkwang Essen Germany in 1937;1 Karl Buchholz Berlin Germany ;2 Curt Valentin from 1939 through 1955 ;3 bequest to MIA in 1955 1 The work was likely removed from the Museum Folkwang during the confiscation of modern art from Germany's museums in the first two weeks of July 1937 by the Nazis There is a possibility that the work was removed slightly earlier as Count Klaus von Baudissin an SS officer who served a brief tenure as director of the Folkwang had already cleared the museum of 'offensive' examples of modern art prior to Joseph Goebbels decree on June 30 1937 Stephanie Barron Degenerate Art The Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany 1991 p 19 2 The work was sold to the German dealer Karl Buchholz for 75 in the degenerate art sales see Entartete Kunst Inventory no 333 under Essen Folkwang Museum 3 Curt Valentin worked for Buchholz's gallery until 1937 whereupon he then set up the Buchholz Gallery in New York in 1939 He received works from Karl Buchholz until the war broke out between the U S and Germany It is very likely that Valentin purchased the work directly from Buchholz but this has yet to be confirmed through archival documents Modern Bohemia https //collections artsmia org/index php page detail id 1271 Q20890818 | ||||
