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Self-Portrait with Two Flowers in Her Raised Left Hand
Self-Portrait with Two Flowers in Her Raised Left Hand
Self-Portrait with Two Flowers in Her Raised Left Hand

Self-Portrait with Two Flowers in Her Raised Left Hand

Artist Paula Modersohn-Becker German, 1876 - 1907
Date1907
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions55.2 x 24.8 cm (21 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Frame: 70.2 x 40.5 x 6.7 cm (27 5/8 x 15 15/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
ClassificationsPainting
Text Entries

Paula Modersohn-Becker, Worpswede, Germany, 1907;

Estate of Paula Modersohn-Becker, Worpswede, Germany, 1907 until before 1917;

Karl Jakob Hirsch (1892-1952), Worpswede, Paris, and Berlin, 1917 until at least 1919;

Graphisches Kabinett J. B. Neumann (Jsrael Ber Neumann, 1887-1961), Berlin, 1919;

Hugo Simon (1880-1950), Berlin, Paris, and Brazil, possibly purchased from or through Graphisches Kabinett J. B. Neumann, by 1928 (probably by 1921) and at least until July 16, 1941 (possibly until 1950);

Gertrud Simon, Brazil, probably inherited from her husband Hugo Simon, 1950-52;

Paul Speck (1896-1966), Zürich, probably acquired through Galerie Ernst Beyeler, 1952-66;

Else Speck, Zürich, inherited from her husband Paul Speck, 1966-76;

Julia Diethelm, Zürich, inherited from her mother Else Speck, 1976-2013;

Heirs of Julia Diethelm, Zürich, inherited from Julia Diethelm, 2013-17;

The Museum of Modern Art and Neue Galerie New York, jointly purchased from the heirs of Julia Diethelm through Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Bremen/Berlin, 2017

Credit LineJointly owned by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Debra and Leon Black, and Neue Galerie New York, Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder. Conservation was made possible by the Bank of America Art Conservation Project.
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