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"Geiger, Benno. Venice, Botto Nuevo. Art historian-dealer of Baltic origin. Friend of Kieslinger and acted as guide for Muehlmann and Kieslinger during their trips to Italy in 1942 and 1943. Involved in irregular art purchases ordered by Muehlmann and frequently in touch with Hofer.
Asta, Ferruccio. Ascona, Switzerland-Milan, via Andegari. Milan art dealer now living in Switzerland as a refugee. Reported to have worked actively with Geiger and suspected of trafficking in loot."
Below are provenances that mention Geiger:
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| url | provenance | accnum |
| https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/297363 | Possibly Jacques-Gabriel Huquier, Paris and London (possibly his mark, L.1285, lower left), Dr. Benno Geiger, Venice, sale, Sotheby’s, London, 7-11 December 1920, lot 405, Henry Scipio Reitlinger, London (without his mark, L.2274a), his estate sale, Sotheby’s, London, 14 April 1954, lot 313 (unsold), sale, Sotheby’s, London, 10 November 1954, lot 34, Colnaghi, London (by 1954), Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift, inv. no. 1955.100 | 1955.100 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/bandinelli-baccio-1488-1560 | Benno Geiger, Italy (1882-1965);his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7 December 1920, lot 16;E. Parsons & Sons (London);purchased there by Neumayer (?) by 1935;purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.;Witt Bequest 1952 | D.1952.RW.1742 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/bronchorst-jan-gerritsz-van-ca-1603-before-1661 | Friedrich Gauermann, Vienna (1807-1862), L.1003;Benno Geiger, Italy and Vienna (1882-1965);E. Parsons & Sons (London);purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.;Witt Bequest 1952 | D.1952.RW.2567 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/cesari-giuseppe-cavalier-darpino-1568-1640-3 | Benno Geiger, Italy (1882-1965);his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7 - 10 December 1920, lot 11;anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 6 April 1949, lot 31;purchased there by Colnaghi (London);purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 28 December 1949, for £4;Witt Bequest 1952 | D.1952.RW.4305 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/creti-donati-1671-1749-4 | Benno Geiger, Italy (1882-1965);his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7 - 10 December 1920, lot 86;Mrs H.F. Ezekiel (?);her sale, Sotheby's (London), 22 June 1949, lot 38 (with D.1952.RW.4194 and 1 other);purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), for £5;Witt Bequest 1952 | D.1952.RW.4190 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/fancelli-pietro-1764-1850-attributed-to-formerly-attributed-to-gaetano-gandolfi-1734-1802 | Benno Geiger, Italy (1882-1965);his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7 - 10 December 1920, lot 125 (as a sheet twice as long);F.R. Meatyard (London);purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (Witt cut it in half and disposed of the other half);Witt Bequest 1952 | D.1952.RW.56 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/farinatizelotti-giovanni-battista-1526-1578 | Benno Geiger, Italy (1882-1965);his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7 - 10 December 1920, lot 371;F.R. Meatyard (London);purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.;Witt Bequest 1952 | D.1952.RW.108 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/lazzarini-gregorio-1655-1730 | Benno Geiger, Italy (1882-1965);his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7 - 10 December 1920, lot 169;Neumayer (?);purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.;Witt Bequest 1952 | D.1952.RW.1747 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/orsi-lelio-15081511-1587 | August Grahl, Dresden (1791-1868);Benno Geiger, Italy (1882-1965);F.R. Meatyard (London);purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.;Witt Bequest 1952 | D.1952.RW.190 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/passeri-giuseppe-1654-1714-2 | unidentified collector (L.4975);Benno Geiger, Italy (1882-1965);his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7-10 December 1920, lot 211;Richeton (?);purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.;Witt Bequest 1952 | D.1952.RW.1822 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/piazzetta-giovanni-battista-1682-1754-2 | Benno Geiger, Italy (1882-1965);his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7 - 10 December 1920, lot 228;Frank T. Sabin (London);purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.;Witt Bequest 1952 | D.1952.RW.84 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/pynacker-adam-ca-1620-1673 | William Mayor, London (1826-1874), L.2799, by at least 1871;Benno Geiger, Italy and Vienna (1882-1965);F.R. Meatyard (London);purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.;Witt Bequest 1952 | D.1952.RW.212 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/rosa-salvator-1615-1673-7 | probably Adalbert von Lanna, Prague (1836-1909), L.2773;Benno Geiger, Italy (1882-1965);his sale, London, Sotheby's, 7 - 10 December 1920, lot 299 (as by Simonini);Wengraf (?);purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.;Witt Bequest 1952 | D.1952.RW.3791 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/tiepolo-giovanni-domenico-1727-1804 | Benno Geiger, Italy (1882-1965);his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7 - 10 December 1920, lot 328;Richeton (?);purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.;Witt Bequest 1952 | D.1952.RW.1836 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/toeput-pozzoserrato-lodewijk-ca-1550-ca-1605-attributed-to | Adolf Glenstein, Hamburg (b. 1849), L.123;Maison F.A.C. Prestel (collector's mark used until about 1908), L.2730;Benno Geiger, Italy and Vienna (1882-1965);F.R. Meatyard (London);purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London, (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.;Witt Bequest 1952 | D.1952.RW.311 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/uden-lucas-van-1595-1672 | probably purchased at a sale in Paris by unidentified collector, L.3000, around 1775-90;Benno Geiger, Italy and Vienna (1882-1965);his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7 - 10 December 1920, lot 525;E. Parsons & Sons (London);purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.;Witt Bequest 1952 | D.1952.RW.950 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/vadder-lodwijk-de-1605-1655 | Benno Geiger, Italy and Vienna (1882-1965);E. Parsons & Sons (London);purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£4);Witt Bequest 1952 | D.1952.RW.1002 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/zuccaro-taddeo-1529-1566-3 | Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville, Paris (1680-1765), L.2951;François Renaud, Paris (late 19th - early 20th century), L.1042;Eduard Schultze, Vienna (d. ca. 1900), L.906;Benno Geiger, Italy and Vienna (1882-1965);his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7 - 10 December 1920, lot 381;Neumayer (?);purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.;Witt Bequest 1952 | D.1952.RW.1733 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/giovanni-domenico-tiepolo-7 | Benno Geiger;sale, Sotheby's, 9 December 1920, lot 318, bought Croal Thompson;Brangwyn | No.2613 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/giovanni-domenico-tiepolo-8 | De'Bossi-Byerlen Collection, sold Stuttgart 1882(?);W. Pitcairn Knowles (L.2643), his sale, Amsterdam, Muller, 25 June 1895, lot 639;A. Gluenstein (L.123);Benno Geiger, his sale, Sotheby's, 9 December 1920, lot 331, bought Croal Thompson;Brangwyn | No.2614 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/giovanni-domenico-tiepolo-9 | Benno Geiger, sale, Sotheby's, 9 December 1920, lot 330;Brangwyn | No.2615 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/anon-florence-17th-c-771 | Grahl (L.1199);Benno Geiger (1948) | - |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/piranesi-1043 | Philippi, Benno Geiger | - |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/aylesford-heneage-finch-fourth-earl-of-1751-1812-4 | Benno Geiger (as Edridge);Randall Davies;Paul Oppé, February 1948 | T08586 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/aylesford-heneage-finch-fourth-earl-of-1751-1812-5 | Benno Geiger (as Edridge);Randall Davies;Paul Oppé, February 1948 | T08594 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/aylesford-heneage-finch-fourth-earl-of-1751-1812-7 | Benno Geiger (as Edridge);E. Horsman Coles;Bequeathed to Paul Oppé, 1954 | T09836 |
| http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/aylesford-heneage-finch-fourth-earl-of-1751-1812-8 | Benno Geiger (as Nasmyth);E. Horsman Coles;Bequeathed to Paul Oppé, 1954 | T09837 |
| https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.12129.html | (Arthur Sambon, Paris). Benno Geiger [1882-1965], Vienna. (Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, Florence) by 1929;[1] purchased 1939 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1943 to NGA.[1] In Alessandro Magnasco, Exh. cat. Galerie Sambon, Paris, 1929, the painting is cited as in the Contini collection, but not exhibited. | 1943.4.31 |
| https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.12125.html | Private collection, Genoa.[1] Probably (Arthur Sambon, Paris), by 1929. Benno Geiger, Vienna.[2] (Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, Florence); purchased 1939 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;gift 1943 to NGA.[1] According to a note on the back of a photograph, NGA photographic archives.[2] Benno Geiger, Magnasco, Bergamo, 1949: 87 | 1943.4.27 |
| https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.70386.html | Anton Maria Zanetti [c. 1679-1767], Venice; Giuseppe Carlo Cernazai [1773-1849], Udine; by inheritance to Canon Francesco Maria Cernazai [1802-1881], Udine; given to Seminario Arcivescovile, Udine; probably sale Genolini auction, Milan, 1900; Antonio dal Zotto; (sale Galleria Geri, Milan or Salvadori, Venice, 1919); Benno Geiger [1882-1965], Venice; (sale, Sotheby's London, 7 December 1920, among 259-272; ? Winthrop Family, Boston; Sam Abate Gallery, Boston; purchased by NGA. | 1988.26.1 |
| https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/satire-nobleman-misery-53142 | 1925, (Galerie Cailleux, Paris, France);purchased by Benno Geiger (Italy);Dino Barozzi (Venice, Italy);by 1931, acquired by (Luigi Grassi, Florence, Italy);1936-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA) | 36.14 |
| https://emuseum.ringling.org/emuseum/objects/21567/vagrants-in-a-ruin | By 1914, Benno Geiger (1882–1965), Rodaun, Austria, and sold before 1945.1 (By 1962, Frederick Mont, New York), purchased by the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, 1962. | SN744 |
| https://art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/13900/sacrifice-of-isaac | With Dr. Benno Geiger (1882-1965);Venice, by 1948-1949;Purchased;from Geiger, through Harold Woodbury Parsons, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of;Art, Kansas City, MO, 1949. | 49-31/2 |
| https://art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/24216/two-figures-heavily-burdened | Dr. Benno Geiger (1882-1965), Venice;With Schaeffer Galleries, New York, by May 9, 1946;Purchased from Schaeffer Galleries by The Nelson-Atkins;Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1946. | 46-12 |
| https://art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/28468/christ-carrying-the-cross | Dr. Benno Geiger;(1882-1965), Venice, by 1948-1949;Purchased from Geiger;through Harold Woodbury Parsons, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas;City, MO, 1949. | 49-31/1 |
| https://art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/31685/portrait-of-a-young-man | With Dr. Benno Geiger (1882-1965), Venice, by;1948-1949;Purchased from Geiger, through Harold Woodbury;Parsons, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1949. | 49-31/3 |
| https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/222/pontormo-jacopo-carucci-study-of-a-nude-boy-partial-figure-study-recto-study-of-a-seated-man-verso-italian-1518/ | Provenance -;Dr. Benno Geiger, 1882 - 1965 -;Captain G. Fenwick Owen, English | 87.GB.95 |
| https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/1076/girolamo-campagna-madonna-and-child-with-angels-and-the-infant-st-john-the-baptist-italian-about-1585/ | Provenance -;Dr. Benno Geiger, 1882 - 1965 (Vienna, Austria), sold to August Lederer. by August 1, 1927 - 1936;August Lederer, 1857 - 1936 (Bartensteingasse 8, Vienna I, Austria), by inheritance to his widow, Serena Lederer, 1936.;Source: Archive of the Bundesdenkmalamt (BDA) - Archive, Restitutionsmaterialien, Karton 9, Mappe 1a, Sammlung Lederer 1922-1939, p. 162. 1936 - 1938;Serena Lederer, 1867 - 1943 (Bartensteingasse 8, Vienna 1, then moved to Jacquingasse 43, Vienna III, Austria), an apartment in which, from July 1938, lived her daughter, Elisabeth Bachofen-Echt, 1894-1944. Before December 29, 1938, Serena Lederer placed the object on deposit with the Collegium Hungaricum, Vienna VII, confiscated by the Gestapo (at the direction of the Zentralstelle für Denkmalschutz), per the orders of the Wiener Magistrat, Magistratsabteilung 2, dated November 26, 1938, December 7, 1938, and January 3, 1939 as pertaining to those respective locations.;Source: (BDA) - Arcive, Box No. 9, Lederer 1922 - 1939, No. 11, where the object is described as "Sansovino: Madonna mit Engeln, Abb. 409." Abb. 409 refers to the ilustration in the 1921 publication by Leo Planiscig (see bibliography). 1938/1939 - 1945;In the possession of the Nazis, valued at 10,000 Reichsmarks and stored, by autumn 1939, at the Zentraldepot at Neue Burg, Vienna, moved to "R.B. Depot," meaning the Reichsbank (the Austrain National Bank), (Vienna 1, Austria), March 30, 1942, evacuated to the salt mines at "Aussee" (Altaussee, Austria), October 7, 1943, recovered by the US Forces (80th Infantry Division, Task Force Pearson), May 8, 1945.;Source: Index card of the Nazi administration/Zentralstelle für Denkmalschutz, SL/Sammlung Lederer/collection Lederer number 73: "Terrakotta, Madonna, Jacopo Sansovino, h = 45 cm, 16. Jh." BDA-Archive, Restitutionsmaterialien, Karton 6/1, Mappe 58, fol. 11. 1945 - 1947;In custody of the Allied Forces, (salt mines at Altaussee, Austria), released to the Republic of Austria by December 1, 1947. 1947 - probably 1948;Austrian government, restituted to the son of Serena Lederer, Erich Lederer. 1947/1948 - 1985;Erich Lederer, 1896 - 1985 (Geneva, Switzerland), by inheritance to his widow, Elisabeth Lederer, 1985. 1985;Mrs. Elisabeth Lederer, 1908 - 1995 (Geneva, Switzerland), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1985. | 85.SC.59 |
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