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Slightly Dry Poem
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Rights: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Busch-Reisinger Museum
Rolf and Catherine E. Buergi Bern
Max Huggeler Bern (until 1963)
Berggruen & Cie (1963-1965)
Professor and Mrs. Frederick B. Deknatel (acq. 1965)
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum Bequest of Virginia H. Deknatel in memory of Professor and Mrs. Charles Kuhn
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