Sand Hills in Engadine (Q19883778)
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painting by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
- Sand Hills
- Sand Hills (Bei Grünau)
- By Grünau
- Sand Mountains in Engadine
- Dunes at Fehmarn
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Sand Hills in Engadine |
painting by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner |
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1917
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1918
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MoMA acquired the artwork in a group of five paintings from the Weyhe Gallery in New York in 1949. The painting had been consigned to the gallery from the estate of Berlin Expressionist collector Kurt Feldhausser, who had acquired the painting in 1938, when it likely was sold by Fischer’s companion, Charlotte Wanzke, who had remained in Berlin. (English)
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Leah Dickerman, MoMA’s curator of painting and sculpture, said Mr. Rowland initially approached the museum about the Kirchner in 2004. The museum dismissed his claim, she said, because he mistook “Sand Hills” for another work that had been seized by the Nazis and eventually wound up in the Folkwang Museum in Essen, Germany. (English)
Originally titled Sand Hills in Grünau and dated 1913 in Rosy Fischer’s records, this painting was left behind when her son Max fled Nazi Germany in 1935. A series of title changes after it was taken led to the work’s misidentification for seventy years. (English)
13 May 2024
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285.1949
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2016.135