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Lot DetailsAuthenticity guaranteedAuthenticity guaranteedProperty from the Collection of Johanna Margarete and Siegbert SternWassily Kandinsky1866 - 1944
Murnau mit Kirche II (Murnau with Church II)signed Kandinsky and dated 1910 (lower right); inscribed by Gabriele Münter on the stretcheroil on canvas96 by 105.5 cm. 37¾ by 41½ in.Executed in 1910.
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喬安娜・瑪格麗特與西格貝特・斯特恩伉儷收藏 瓦西里・康丁斯基 1866 - 1944年
《教堂與穆爾瑙風景 II》 款識︰藝術家簽名 Kandinsky 並紀年1910（右下）；加布莉爾・明特於內框題款 油彩畫布 96 x 105.5 公分；37¾ x 41½ 英寸 1910年作 Condition reportTo request a Condition Report, please contact Emily.Brown@sothebys.com
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Johanna Margarete Stern-Lippmann, Berlin; Locarno; Amsterdam; Bloemendaal and Hilversum (widow of the above; acquired by inheritance from the above in 1935)
Myrtil Frank, Berlin and Amsterdam (probably acquired from the above between December 1941 and April 1943)
Karl A. Legat, The Hague
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (acquired from the above in 1951)
Restituted to the heirs of Johanna Margarete Stern-Lippmann in 2022
 LiteratureWill Grohmann, Wassily Kandinsky: Life and Work, London, 1959, no. 613, pp. 60 and 400, illustrated (titled Blick auf Murnau mit Kirche)
Hans K. Roethel and Jean K. Benjamin, Kandinsky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil-Paintings, vol. I, London, 1982, no. 348, p. 327, illustratedExhibitedLiège, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Œuvres modernes du musée d’Eindhoven, 1954, no. 11, illustrated (titled L'eglise de Murnau)
Bern, Kunsthalle, Gesamtausstellung Wassily Kandinsky, 1955, no. 18 (titled Ansicht von Murnau)
Hasselt, Begijnhof Hasselt, De verzameling: Stedelijk van Abbe-Museum Eindhoven, 1959, no. 3, illustrated (titled De kerk te Murnau)
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, The Collection Stedelijk van Abbe-Museum Eindhoven, 1960
Heerlen, Raadhuis, Het van Abbe Museum te Heerlen, 1962-63
Haarlem, Frans Hals Museum, Dertig schilderijen uit de verzameling van het Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, 1965
Duisburg, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Meisterwerke aus dem Besitz des Van Abbe Museums Eindhoven, 1968, no. 41, illustrated in colour (titled Kirche in Murnau)
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Wassily Kandinsky, 1970, no. 25, illustrated (titled Blick auf Murnau mit Kirche)
Charleroi, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Wassily Kandinsky, Rétrospective, 1972, no. 8 (titled Eglise à Murnau)
Nuremberg, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Zeitgenössische Kunst aus den Niederlanden: Aus der Sammlung des Van Abbemuseums Eindhoven, 1974, no. 36, illustrated in colour (titled Kirche von Murnau)
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts aus dem Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, 1976, illustrated in colour (titled Die Kirche in Murnau)
Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Sammlung des Stedelijk van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, 1977, no. 23, illustrated (titled Kirche in Murnau)
Venice, La Biennale di Venezia, Dalla natura all'arte, dall'arte alla natura, 1978, no. 1 (titled Chiesa a Murnau)
Düsseldorf, Kunstmesse, International Art Fair Düsseldorf, 1980
Bonn, Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Austausch der Sammlungen zeitgenössischer Kunst, 1983-84
Madrid, Fundación Juan March, El arte del siglo xx en un museo holandés. Museo municipal Van Abbe de Eindhoven, 1984, no. 9, illustrated in colour (titled Vista de Murnau con iglesia)
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Kandinsky, 1984-85, p. 25, illustrated in colour in the album de l'exposition
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (on loan 9 September - 18 December 1985) 
Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern, Der Blaue Reiter, 1986-87, no. 43, p. 53, illustrated 
Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art and Kyoto, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kandinsky, 1987, no. 10, p. 51, illustrated in colour 
Nîmes, Musée d'Art Contemporain, La Collection du Van Abbemuseum d’Eindhoven 1936-1987, 1988, illustrated (titled Vue de Murnau avec église)
Essen, Museum Folkwang and Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Vincent van Gogh und die Moderne, 1990-91, no. 172, p. 386, illustrated in colour  
Paris, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Figures du Moderne: L’Expressionnisme en Allemagne 1905-1914, 1992-93, no. 233, p. 243, illustrated in colour
Tokyo, Odakyu Museum; Himeji, Himeji, City Museum of Art; Sapporo, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art; Sendai, The Miyagi Museum of Art; Fukushima, The Fukushima Modern Art Museum and Hiratsuka, The Hiratsuka Museum of Art, View of the 20th Century Masterpieces of the Stedelijk van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, 1994-95, no. 12, illustrated in colour
Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel, Kandinsky. The Path to Abstraction, 2006-07, no. 26, p. 73, illustrated in colour 
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum and Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Symbolist Landscape in Europe 1880-1910, 2012, fig. 127, p. 150 and 173, illustrated in colour 
Eindhoven, Van Abbemuseum, Pracht und Prinzip, 2016-17
Eindhoven, Van Abbemuseum, The Making of Modern Art - Een verhaal over moderne kunst, 2017-21