185. Girl with a Ruby Earring
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185. Girl with a Ruby Earring
watercolor on ivory, 8 x 6.5 cm
PROVENANCE
until the late 1940s: the historical collection of Ervin Weiss (1884-1966) and Branka Weiss (1902-1975); 1947: The Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of Croatia declares the Weiss collection to be a private collection of public importance; after 1949: the collection is inventoried by the communist regime, followed by confiscation; 1955: it comes under the care of the Modern Gallery, where it is preserved for the next 70 years; after 2021: the collection becomes the property of the heirs of the Weiss family, after almost 30 years of legal proceedings for restitution.
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