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Spectacle of Spirals
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Rights: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Busch-Reisinger Museum
Lily Klee Bern (1940-1946); Klee Gesellschaft Bern (1946-1947); [Rosengart Gallery Lucerne] sold; to Joy and Marion Levy (1949-2002); Joy Levy (2002-2015) by bequest; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum 2015.
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum Bequest of Joy C. and Marion J. Levy Jr.
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