193. Portrait of a Woman
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193. Portrait of a Woman
watercolor on paper, 27 x 21.5 cm, signed and dated lower left, in pencil, "Hahnisch (1)837"
PROVENANCE
Until the late 1940s: 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 Weiss's collection 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 stored for the next 70 years; After 2021: the collection passes into the ownership of the heirs of the Weiss family, after almost 30 years of legal restitution proceedings.
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