176. Scene from the Studio
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176. Scene from the Studio
ink and sepia on paper, 10 x 12.5 cm
PROVENANCE
until the late 1940s: historic 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: transferred to the care of the Modern Gallery, where it is preserved for the next 70 years; after 2021: the collection passes to the ownership of the Weiss family successors, after almost 30 years of legal proceedings for restitution.
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