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The Unknown Masterpiece, 1982 Anselm Kiefer (German, b. 1945) Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and cut-and-pasted woodcuts on paper; 25 1/8 x 19 1/2 in. (63.8 x 49.5 cm) Inscribed (lower left, on pasted paper): le chef d'oeuvre inconnu Gift of Cynthia Hazen Polsky, in memory of her father, Joseph H. Hazen, 2000 (2000.96.8) © Anselm Kiefer

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