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In Front of Red
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Rights: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Busch-Reisinger Museum
[Galerie Günther Francke Munich] sold; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum 1951
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum Museum Purchase
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