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

https://web.archive.org/web/20050307023617/http://www.moma.org/collection/provenance/items/143.42.html

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.

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/78974

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)

 

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.  

The Killing of Alex Pretti | Explainer Heather Cox Richardson

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.

(see: WIRED: "The Instant Smear Campaign Against Border Patrol Shooting Alex Pretti"

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

Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA art Collection Newfields: samples of provenances

 Provenance texts as of December 26, 2025

Url	Artwork Details	Provenance
https://collections.discovernewfields.org/art/artwork/37977	Alternate Titles La Promenade sous bois Artist Auguste Émile Carolus-Duran (French, 1837–1917) Creation Date 1861 Creation Location France Materials oil on canvas Object Types paintings, oil paintings Dimensions;60 x 106 in. Accession Number 1983.185 Credit Line;Gift of Judge and Mrs. Paul H. Buchanan, Jr. Copyright Public Domain Collection;European Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945 Color Palette copy	Provenance research is on-going at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. If you have questions, or if you have information to share with us, please contact info@discovernewfields.org
https://collections.discovernewfields.org/art/artwork/41967	Alternate Titles Le grand noyer (The Big Walnut Tree) Artist Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903) Creation Date 1886 Materials oil on canvas Object Types paintings, oil paintings Dimensions;25-11/16 x 32 in. (canvas);37-1/4 x 43-1/2 x 2-1/2 in. (framed, glazed) Mark Description;Signed and dated, in red, lower left: C. Pissarro. 1886 Accession Number 2002.76 Credit Line;Anonymous Copyright Public Domain Collection;European Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945 Color Palette copy	Bought from the artist by (Durand-Ruel, Paris, France) on 05 October 1886;(Duval-Fleury, Paris) on 25 March 1918.{1};Possibly in the collection of Wilhelm Hansen [1868-1936], Ordrupgaard, near Copenhagen, Denmark.{2};Private collection, Paris and Belgium, from about 1920 until 2002;Sold through (Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris, France);Purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2002.;{1} Joachim Pissarro, Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Pissarro: Critical Catalogue of Paintings, volume 3, Milan: Wildenstein Institute, 2005, p. 543. This information is based on material in the Durand-Ruel archives in Paris and was also supplied to the IMA in correspondence with Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts between April and September 2002.;{2} Hansen was a prominent collector of French painting and a business partner of Emile Duval-Fleury. On their connections see Haavard Rostrup, “Wilhelm Hansen et sa collection de tableaux impressionnistes du Museé d’Ordrupgaard,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts, no.1358, volume 99 (March 1982), pp.101-108, especially p. 104, and the essay by Anne-Birgitte Fonsmark, "Ordrupgaard: The collection of Wilhelm Hansen and his wife Henny Hansen” in the exhibition catalogue The Age of Impressionism: European Paintings from Ordrupgaard Copenhagen, The Walters Art Museum, 2002, pp. 8-23, especially p. 13. The catalogue of Hansen’s collection by Karl Madsen, Katalog over Wilhelm Hansen’s Samling: Fransk Malerkunst, Ordrupgaard 1918, lists 8 paintings by Pissarro, but none matching this title, description, or date

DATASET: Christie's sales in German Lost Art Search Requests for art lost by Jewish collectors

👉 DATASET: Artworks in Lostart.de which passed through Christie's AFTER the Nazi's came to power and before restitution.

Columns indicating the year, place and lot numbers of the Christie's sales have been added to Lost Art information to facilitate processing. 

In the case of multiple passages via Christie's an attempt has been made to list some of them.

To view dataset for Christie's in Lost Art Search Requests here:

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Max Beckmann and the Jewish families searching for Nazi-looted art

1. German Lost Art Foundation lists 97 entries for Max Beckmann

Jewish families searching for Beckmann paintings and drawings include:

1. Aufricht, Ernst Josef
2. Buchthal, Eugen Moritz und Therese (Thea)
3. Dittmayer (Familie)
4. Eisenmann, Margarete (geb. Ledermann)
5. Flersheim, Martin und Florence
6. Glaser, Prof. Dr. Curt

1. Kantorowicz, Hermann und Elsa Ulrike (geb. Czapski)
2. Lachmann-Mosse, Hans
3. Ploschitzki, Johanna (geb. Zender)
4. Posen, Anna und Sidney
5. Speyer, Peter Ernst Hans Willy
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(The Flechtheim family had filed claims but are not in the Lost Art list)