The Ruin
Finding on the reverse:
A rectangular white label on the top left of the stretcher: "centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou / Exposition Max Ernst / 17 Mai - 18 Août 1975 / Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais / Paris / Auteur de l'oeuvre: Max Ernst / Titre: La Ruine, 1922 / Propriétaire: Dr. Gebhard, Munich / Catalogue: 82", handwritten to the right: “K. I oder w? 1344/11”, two handwritten words at the top right: “(the first illegible) Landschaft”, label BStGS in the centre left: “Inv.Nr. 14458”, below a yellowed, partially detached sticker: "3 oder 6 71 / Chemnitz"
n.d. - n.d., whereabouts unknown, Chemnitz (possibly);
n.d. - 28.05.1951, Hildebrand Gurlitt (1895 - 1956), Düsseldorf, type of acquisition unknown;
28 May 1951 - 1976, Klaus Gebhard (1896 - 1976), Munich, acquired from Hildebrand Gurlitt;
since 1976, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich, acquired as a bequest from Klaus Gebhard, Munich
Staatliche Museumsagentur Bayern
Referat für Provenienzforschung
Landshuter Allee 8
80637 München
Germany