Feb 23, 2026

Selected provenance from historic Albertina online

Provenances gathered 2017-2020 from the Albertina online which at the time had both a download PDF function and urls based on the inventory number that displayed provenance. It is not clear where to find updated provenance information from the Albertina today.  see also: https://www.openartdata.org/2019/12/provenance-albertina-museum.html

Title Artist Inv No. Date Provenance / Notes
Paintings / Sculpture / Works (as listed)

Der Jongleur Alexander Rodtschenko GE108DL 1935 Galerie Gmurzynska, Zug (laut Koella, 2012)
Mit roter Schwalbentapete (Stillleben mit Flasche, Brot und roter Schwalbentapete) Alexej von Jawlensky GE140DL 1915 Galerie Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf; Sammlung Forberg

Feb 15, 2026

MoMa still has so many Nazi-era provenance gaps in 2026

More than 20 years after launching the provenance research project (PRP), where is MoMa?

After publishing demonstrably false provenances for Chagall's "Over Vitebsk", Kirchner's "Sand Hills in Engadine" and "Artillerymen in the Shower" as well as histories of questionable quality for other artworks, many Nazi-era gaps remain in 2026. 

Here are just a couple examples of the kinds of questions that can be asked:


Madame Derain in Green


André Derain (French, 1880–1954.)

Madame Derain in Green[Portrait de Madame Derain]. (1907)

Oil on canvas, 28 3/4 x 23 5/8" (73 x 60 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Given anonymously

Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.

143.42

Other works by this artist


Provenance in 2005:

Marius de Zayas, Paris and New York. [Until 1917 or 1920]
Charles Sheeler, Ridgefield, Connecticut. Purchased from de Zayas' gallery, New York, [1917 or 1920]; by 1939
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Given anonymously, 1942

Alternate titles:

Woman in Green Dress, c. 1906 (Former title)
Portrait d'Alice Derain



Provenance in February 2026:
1907, André Derain.
Before December 12, 1914, Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris.
Paul Guillaume, Paris.
By 1917 - ?, Marius de Zayas, Paris and New York.
? - 1942, Charles Sheeler (1883-1965), Ridgefield, Connecticut, acquired from Marius de Zayas.
1942, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as anonymous gift.


Nazi era provenance questions: From whom and when did Charles Sheeler acquire this Derain? 
Why have the MoMa's provenance researchers suggested so many different acquisition dates by Sheeler (1917 or 1920, ?, 1942)
 

Jan 26, 2026

After murdering American Mom, Trump's paramilitary thugs murder American nurse in Minneapolis, then lie about it

Every historian of Nazi Germany will recognize the progression of events since 2016, adapted to American soil. Let no one say they did not know what was happening here.  

After masked DHS thugs murdered Alex Pretti, a VA nurse and an American citizen, Trump officials immediately invented a false story about what happened and spread it aggressively through all their channels.

However multiple videos and sworn witness statements prove that Trump, Bovino, Noem, and Patel are lying.