Raoul Hausmann

Portrait of an Old Woman (Porträt einer alten Frau) (Dr. S. Friedlaender-Mynona)

c. 1919

Cut-and-pasted printed and metallic paper on paper on board

Not on view

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c. 1919 – ?, Raoul Hausmann, Berlin
[Possibly with Hannah Höch, Berlin]
By November 17, 1936 – 1962, Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart (1899–1962), Berlin, Zurich and Amsterdam
1962 – at least 1974, Ilse Vordemberge-Gildewart, Amsterdam, Stuttgart and Jona (near Rapperswil, Switzerland), inherited from her husband Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart
c. 1974 – 1982, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
1982 – 2018, Merrill C. Berman, Rye, New York, purchased from Annely Juda Fine Art
2018, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, purchased from Merrill C. Berman

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Medium Cut-and-pasted printed and metallic paper on paper on board
Dimensions 10 × 8 3/8" (25.4 × 21.3 cm)
Credit The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Alice and Tom Tisch, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, David Booth, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Jack Shear, the Patricia Bonfield Endowed Acquisition Fund for the Design Collection, Daniel and Jane Och, The Orentreich Family Foundation, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, The Modern Women's Fund; and by exchange: Gift of Jean Dubuffet in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Colin, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, and the Richard S. Zeisler Bequest
Object number 434.2018
Department Drawings and Prints

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