Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907)
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Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907)

Zwei sitzende Mädchen vor Birkenstämmen

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Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907)
Zwei sitzende Mädchen vor Birkenstämmen
dated '04' (lower left)
oil on board
17 7/8 x 14½ in. (45.6 x 36.9 cm.)
Painted in 1904
Provenance
Christian Bruhn, Reinbek bei Hamburg, by 1917.
Maria Friedlaender-Bruhn, Amsterdam and Jerusalem, by descent from the above in 1939.
Private collection, Israel, by 1996.
Graphisches Kabinett Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Bremen and Berlin.
Literature
C. Murken-Altrogge, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Leben und Werk, Cologne, 1980, p. 84 (illustrated pl. 15).
C. Murken-Altrogge, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Leben und Werk, 1991 (illustrated pl. 14).
D.J. Radycki, Paula Modersohn-Becker: Selbstbildnisse, hrsg. von der Landesbildstelle Bremen (Beiheft zu einer Diareihe), Bremen, 1993, p. 53 (illustrated).
G. Busch, M. Schicketanz & W. Werner, Paula Modersohn-Becker 1876-1907, Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. II, Munich, 1998, no. 496 (illustrated p. 345).
Exhibited
Lübeck, Museum Behnhaus, Paula Modersohn-Becker, 65 Gemälde, 35 Zeichnungen und 9 Radierungen, November 1959 - January 1960, no. 60.
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