168. Rider
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168. Rider
oil on canvas, 84.5 x 100.5 cm, signed and dated lower left, in white, "E.S. 1835"
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 the Weiss collection a private collection of public significance; after 1949: the collection is inventoried by the communist regime, followed by confiscation; 1955: it becomes the responsibility of the Modern Gallery, where it is kept for the next 70 years; after 2021: the collection is transferred to the heirs of the Weiss family, after nearly 30 years of legal proceedings for restitution.
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