Erich Heckel
Sunset

Sunset

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Sunset
Sunset
ArtistGerman, 1883–1970
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Sunset
Date1906
PlaceGermany
MediumOil on cardboard
DimensionsOverall: 19 5/8 × 28 in. (49.8 × 71.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Miss Anna Mosle
Object number77.334
Not on view

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Provenance[Purchased by Miss Mosle in 1967 from Roman Norbert Ketterer, Switzerland]; bequeathed to MFAH from the estate of Anna Mosle, 1977.
Exhibition History"Direction and Diversity: Twentieth Century Art in the Museum Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston May 21, 1988–September 3, 1988.

"Die Brücke," (shown simultaneously) Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, La Casa de las Alhajas, Madrid, February 1–May 15, 2005; Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, Barcelona, June 7–September 4, 2005.

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