Paul Pétridès, Red Flag Name, in museums in 2026

When an artwork with a Nazi era provenance gap and the Red Flag Name "Pétridès" pops up in a  museum, one might hope that the museum would spare no effort to clarify the provenance. 

 The OSS Art Looting Investigation Unit had this to say about Paul Pétridès:

Petrides, O. Paris, 6 ave Delcasse/153 rue la Boetie. Born in Cyprus. British subject, naturalised French. One of the most active collaborationist dealers. Worked with Adrion, through whom he sold Renoir bronzes and a Rembrandt to Boehmer, and Rosner and Rochlitz, from whom he acquired paintings looted by the ERR from the Paul Rosenberg collection, and which he later sold to Zervos. In touch with Borchers, Schoeller and Cailleux. Reported to have assets concealed under the name of Mme Kruger (sister-in-law, 53 ave Foch) and Mlle Bosc, also a sister-in-law (17 rue Jean Mermoz). Indicted by French Government (Seine Tribunal, Judge Frapier).

The ALIU also linked Pétridès to other Red Flag Names:

Rosner, Isador (or Ignacy). Paris, 230 (?) blvd Raspail. Dealer. Received loot from Rochlitz and Petrides. Fled to Provence. Indicted by French Government (Seine Tribunal, Judge Frapier).

Boehmer, Bernhard. Guestrow, Mecklenberg, Haus Beidberg. Former assistant to the sculptor Barlach, turned dealer. Active as buyer for Goebbels in Holland and Paris. Client of Petrides and Adrion. Connected with Wendland and Fischer as intermediary in sale of Degas’ Madame Camus at the Piano.

Champagne, Jean Marc. Paris, blvd Raspail. Art critic reported to have collaborated with the German Propaganda Section in Paris. Reported associated with Petrides.

Adrion, Philippe. Paris, 9 rue Bochart de Savon Villier sur Marne, 41 rue Dr Filloux. Dealer reported to have worked in the German Propaganda Office, Paris. Connected with Gurlitt, Rochlitz, Hoffmann and Petrides. Indicted by French Government (Seine Tribunal, Judge Frapier).Wendland, Dr Hans. Versoix/Geneva. German national. Art dealer, resident alternately in France, Switzerland, Italy and Germany since World War I. Partner of Reber until about 1930. Probably the most important individual engaged in quasi-official looted art transactions in France, Germany and Switzerland in World War II. Acted as intermediary between Hofer and Fischer, and as Fischer’s chief purchasing agent. Frequently in Paris during the occupation; close contact of Lohse, Rochlitz, Loebl, Petrides, Mandl, Wuester, etc. Has never sold works of art directly to private purchasers; always working as dealers’ expert and agent. His activities presently under close scrutiny by the Swiss government. On Allied Expulsion List and Proclaimed List.

Kruger, Mme. Paris, 53 ave Foch. Sister-in-law of Petrides. Reported to have hidden pictures he obtained from the Germans.

Bosc, Mlle. Paris, 17 rue Jean Mermoz. Sister-in-law of Petrides. Reported to have held pictures from Jewish collections sequestered by the Germans.

Artworks with provenances that mention Pétridès

Artwork	Artist	AccNum	Provenance	Museum
Woman at Her Toilette	Édouard Vuillard	1970.17.91	Vuillard atelier; (Paul Pétridés, Paris), c. 1947.[1] Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, France, by 1952; sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[2] bequest 1970 to NGA. [1]See letter dated 22 September 1999 from Guy Gogeval, in NGA curatorial records. [2]According to the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now in NGA archives, copy NGA curatorial records. Associated Names Galerie Paul Pétridès Atelier Vuillard Molyneux, Edward H., Captain Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.	National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)
Mountains at Collioure	André Derain	1982.76.4	Possibly purchased from the artist by (Ambroise Vollard [1866-1939], Paris), until at least 1935.[1] (Paul Pétridès, Paris); acquired June 1951 on joint account by (M. Knoedler & Co., New York) and (Sidney Janis Gallery, New York); full ownership acquired October 1951 by (Sidney Janis Gallery, New York);[2] sold 1951 to John Hay Whitney [1904-1982], Manhasset, New York; deeded 1982 to the John Hay Whitney Charitable Trust, New York; gift 1982 to NGA. [1] Letter of 17 April 1985 from Michel Kellerman, in NGA curatorial files. Two labels on the stretcher of the painting include Vollard's name, and appear to indicate he lent to the painting to exhibitions in 1935 (recorded in NGA conservation report, in NGA curatorial files). [2] Although a letter of 9 July 1984 from Sidney Janis Gallery, now in NGA curatorial files, states that they acquired the painting from Knoedler in 1950, a letter of 9 January 1985 from Nancy Little, librarian at M. Knoedler & Co., also in NGA curatorial files, gives the more precise dates. The Knoedler number to which Ms. Little refers, A4642, is recorded in blue pencil on the stretcher of the painting. Ms. Little also confirms Pétridès as Knoedler's source. A letter of 5 March 1985 from the Galerie Pétridès, in NGA curatorial files, indicates that they have no additional information about the picture.	National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)
The Houses in the Snow, Norway	Claude Monet	39.2017	(Hôtel Drouot), Paris, by 1924; purchase, (Bernheim-Jeune), Paris, April 3, 1924, stock no. 23869; purchase, Henri Canonne [1867–1961], Paris, December 31, 1927 until at least 1940. Probably, sale, (Paul Pétridès [1901-1993]), Paris, April 18, 1942 to (Galerie Raphaël Gérard), Paris, stock no. 8783; purchase, Armand Amanté (Galerie de l'Art Moderne), Paris, May 18, 1942 [1] . Possibly (Dr. Fritz Nathan [1895–1972]), Zurich, after 1942 until 1957 [2]. (Van Diemen-Lilienfeld Galleries), New York, by 1962. (Schoneman Galleries, Inc.), New York, by 1966; purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Zighelboim, Caracas, Venezuela, by 1975; sale, (Sotheby’s), New York, November 2, 2005, no. 57; collection of Frederic C. Hamilton [1927–2016], Denver; by bequest, Denver Art Museum, 2014. [1] Galerie Raphaël Gérard stock book entries for no. 8783 reflect "Monet" and "neige" with purchase from Pétridès and sale to Amanté. [2] Dr. Fritz Nathan appears in annotated provenance notes from the Wildenstein Plattner (Paris) archives.	Denver Art Museum
The Guitar Player	Georges Braque	AM 1981-540	La peinture, volée avec la collection Kann, se retrouve en 1940 au Jeu de paume, centre de triage des oeuvres pillées. En 1941, elle passe dans les mains du marchand allemand Gustav Rochlitz, qui collabore avec les services allemands. Elle sera ensuite acquise par le marchand parisien Paul Petrides, le galeriste suisse Marcel Fleischmann, le collectionneur André Lefèvre et le galeriste parisien Heinz Berggruen. Ce dernier prête l'oeuvre au Mnam en 1976, et la lui revend en 1981 9 millions de francs - Libération https://www.liberation.fr/culture/1998/01/27/un-braque-reclame-a-beaubourg-alphonse-kann_226169/	Musée National d'Art Moderne
Nude on a Sofa	Henri Matisse	M.1998.2.P	Gaston Bernheim de Villers (d. 1953), Paris, 1931-1953? ?Mme Gaston Bernheim de Villers (Suzanne Adler, d. 1961); Galerie Methey, Paris, by 1969; [Paul Pétridès, Paris, sold 17 July 1969, as Nu sur canapé, 1925, to]; The Norton Simon Foundation; acc. no. F.1969.22.P, sold 1998 to; Norton Simon Art Foundation.	Norton Simon Museum
Still Life with Coffee Pot	Roger de La Fresnaye	1951.380	Pierre Faure, Paris (?);Dealer: Paul Pétridès, Paris;1951 Dealer: Alex Reid & Lefevre;1951 Toledo Museum of Art - Provenance archived in 2012 from the Toledos museum public Provenance Research project https://web.archive.org/web/20121224083005if_/http://www.toledomuseum.org:80/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Provenance-Research-lowres.pdf	Toledo Museum of Art
Landscape in the South (Le Cannet)	Pierre Bonnard	1975.1.158	Purchased from the artist by the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris; Galerie Pétridès, Paris; Sam Salz, New York; acquired from Sam Salz, New York, by Robert Lehman, New York, 1952.	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Le rideau jaune	Henri Matisse	355.1997	Alphonse Kann (1870–1948), Saint-Germain-en-Laye, by 1931 [1]; confiscated during the Nazi occupation by the ERR (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg), October 1940 [2]; traded by the ERR to Gustav Rochlitz in exchange for an Old Master painting acquired for the Hermann Goering collection, February 9, 1942 [3]; sold to Paul Petrides, Paris [4]. Returned with the help of Henri Matisse to Alphonse Kann, London, 1946 [5]; by inheritance to his friend Michael Stewart (1918-1983), London, 1948 [6]; sold through Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London, 1951. Fernand C. Graindorge (1903-1985), Liège, 1951 [7]; to Marcel Mabille, Brussels, by 1956 [8]; sold to Stephen Hahn (1921-2011), New York, by 1981 [9]; sold through Acquavella Galleries to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1997 (Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Nelson Rockefeller Bequest, gift of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Weintraub, and Mary Sisler Bequest [all by exchange]). [1] Lender to the exhibition Henri-Matisse, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, June 1- July 25, 1931, no. 28( (Le Rideau jaune). [2] The painting was stored at the Jeu de Paume in Paris. ERR inventory card KA 1061: Komposition in Blau und Gelb.  [3] One from a group of seven paintings (one by Leger, two by Braque, two by Matisse, one by Picasso, and one by de Chirico) exchanged by the ERR for one painting by the "School of the Master of Frankfurt." See OSS DIR #4 Gustav Rochlitz, ERR #13, pp. 7-8, no. 16 (View Through a Window), RG260 NARA M1946. OSS CIR# 1, exchange #13, no. 5, RG260 NARA M1946. See also contract between the ERR (Kurt von Behr) and Gustav Rochlitz, February 9, 1942, no. 5 (OSS CIR #2, NARA RG260 M1946). [4] See OSS DIR #4 Gustav Rochlitz, ERR #13, pp. 7-8, RG260 NARA M1946.  [5] See letter Henri Matisse, Nice to Fernand Graindorge, Liège, October 24, 1951 (Matisse Archives, Paris). The painting was included in the exhibition Paintings by Picasso and Matisse, organized by the Association française d'action artistique and the British Council at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, December 1945 (no. 23: Fenêtre sur le jardin. 1919 [sic]/Window overlooking the garden). The exhibition catalogue lists the painting among loans from the Musée national d'art moderne. See also Madeleine Korn, "New Research on a Collector: Alphonse Kann and Michael Stewart," Nancy Yeide at al., Vitalizing Memory: International Perspectives on Provenance Research, Washington: American Association of Museums, 2005, pp. 110-111. [6] Date of consignment: December 12, 1950 (Arthur Tooth & Sons stock inventories and accounts, 1871-1959, Series II, Box 21, ledger no. 8104, Getty Archives, Los Angeles). [7] See letter Henri Matisse, Nice to Fernand Graindorge, Liège, October 24, 1951 ( Matisse Archives, Paris). On loan from Graindorge to the exhibitions Matisse, Grande sale des expositions de La Réserve, Knokke-le-Zoute, July 12-August 31, 1952, no. 18 (Le rideau chamois); Chefs-d'oeuvre de l'art ancien dans les musées et collections belges, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, May 29-June 24, 1953; and Collection Fernand Graindorge, Kunsthalle Basel, August 28-October 3, 1954.  [8] Per Dominique Fourcade, ed., Henri Matisse 1904-1917, exh. cat. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1993, no. 124. Lender to the exhibition Henri Matisse, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, July 27-November 18, 1956, no. 37 (La fenêtre). [9] Collection files 355.1997, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Per Fourcade 1993, Hahn acquired the painting in "1979 or 1980." https://web.archive.org/web/20260621042831/https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79523	Museum of Modern Art
The Checkered Tablecloth	Pierre Bonnard	1988.141.4	With Galerie Pétridès, Paris, by June 1943 [Paris 1943]. Jacques Lindon, New York, by Aug. 1948 [this and the following according to Block collection card, in curatorial file]; sold to Mr. and Mrs. Leigh B. Block, Chicago, Aug. 1948; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 1988.	Art Institute of Chicago
Study of Trees	Paul Cézanne	1998.305	[Ambroise Vollard, Paris.] Estate of Ambroise Vollard. [Paul Pétridès, Paris, 1947], sold; to James Lord, Paris, 1947. [Buchholz Gallery, New York, 1947], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret, Connecticut, 1947, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 1998	Harvard Art Museums
Mountains at Collioure	André Derain	1982.76.4	Possibly purchased from the artist by (Ambroise Vollard [1866-1939], Paris), until at least 1935.[1] (Paul Pétridès, Paris); acquired June 1951 on joint account by (M. Knoedler & Co., New York) and (Sidney Janis Gallery, New York); full ownership acquired October 1951 by (Sidney Janis Gallery, New York);[2] sold 1951 to John Hay Whitney [1904-1982], Manhasset, New York; deeded 1982 to the John Hay Whitney Charitable Trust, New York; gift 1982 to NGA. [1] Letter of 17 April 1985 from Michel Kellerman, in NGA curatorial files. Two labels on the stretcher of the painting include Vollard's name, and appear to indicate he lent to the painting to exhibitions in 1935 (recorded in NGA conservation report, in NGA curatorial files). [2] Although a letter of 9 July 1984 from Sidney Janis Gallery, now in NGA curatorial files, states that they acquired the painting from Knoedler in 1950, a letter of 9 January 1985 from Nancy Little, librarian at M. Knoedler & Co., also in NGA curatorial files, gives the more precise dates. The Knoedler number to which Ms. Little refers, A4642, is recorded in blue pencil on the stretcher of the painting. Ms. Little also confirms Pétridès as Knoedler's source. A letter of 5 March 1985 from the Galerie Pétridès, in NGA curatorial files, indicates that they have no additional information about the picture.	National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)
The Blue Blouse	Henri Matisse	G 87.001	Provenienz 1936 Henri Matisse (*31.12.1869, Le-Cateau-Cambrésis, † 03.11.1954, Nizza)[Künstler][1, 2, 3, 5] 1936 – o.D. Paul Rosenberg (*29.12.1881, Paris, † 29.06.1959, Neuilly-sur-Seine)[Kunsthändler][1, 2, 5] spätestens 1937 – o.D. Albert Bellanger (o.A.)[Sammler][1, 2, 4, 5] frühstens 1938 – spätestens 1956 Galerie Paul Pétridès / Paul Pétridès (*1901,o.A, † 1993, o.A)[Kunsthandel][1, 2, 5] spätestens 1956 – 1973 Harry Bakwin (*19.11.1894,?, † 25.12.1973, New York )[Sammler][1, 2] 1972 [?] – 1985 Ruth Morris Bakwin (*1898, Chicago, † 31.07.1985, Kodiak, AK)[Sammlerin][Erbgang][1, 2, 5] 1984 – 1986 Galerie Beyeler, Basel [Kauf][Kunsthandel][3] seit 1986 Kunstmuseum Bern [Kauf][3]	Kunstmuseum Bern
Landscape, Pierrefitte	Maurice Utrillo	1970.17.87	(Paul Pétridès, Paris);[1] sold to Captain Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1952; sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York, as Landscape with Houses;[2] bequest 1970 to NGA. [1] Letter of 6 December 1977 from Paul Pétridès, in NGA curatorial files. [2] Purchase date of Molyneux collection according to the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now in NGA archives. Associated Names Galerie Paul Pétridès Molyneux, Edward H., Captain Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.	National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)
Before Dinner	Pierre Bonnard	1975.1.156	Purchased from the artist by the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1924; acquired from the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, by Mlle Ricotti; [Galerie O. Pétridès, Paris at the earliest 1934/5]; acquired from Galerie O. Pétridès, Paris, by Robert Lehman, New York, June 1948.	Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Dessert	Pierre Bonnard	1949.18	By 1924 Henri Kapferer [1870-1956] and Marcel Kapferer [1872-1966], Paris 1 By 1943 (Galerie O. Pétridès, Paris 2 Until 1949 (Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1949- The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Provenance Footnotes 1 The Kapferer brothers are listed as the lenders/owners of Bonnard’s Le Dessert, no. 108 in the Première exposition au profit de la Société des Amis du Luxembourg. The Bonnard catalogue raisonné incorrectly lists this exhibition as taking place in 1932. 2 While there have been some suggestions that the Bonnard was with Galerie Pétridès in 1932, there does not appear to be any confirming documentation; however, the painting does appear in a 1943 Bonnard exhibition at the gallery (no. 15, Après le déjeuner).	Cleveland Museum of Art
Study of Trees	Paul Cézanne	1998.305	[Ambroise Vollard, Paris.] Estate of Ambroise Vollard. [Paul Pétridès, Paris, 1947], sold; to James Lord, Paris, 1947. [Buchholz Gallery, New York, 1947], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret, Connecticut, 1947, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 1998	Fogg Museum
Landscape	André Derain	1951.379	"The provenance was archived in 2012 from the Toledo museum public Provenance Research project ""Ambrose Vollard, Paris Private collection: Mutzenbecher - Weimar, Germany 1951 Dealer: Galerie Paul Petrides, France. 1951 1951 Dealer: Alex Reid & Lefevre, London 1951 Toledo Museum of Art"" https://web.archive.org/web/20121224083005if_/http://www.toledomuseum.org:80/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Provenance-Research-lowres.pdf"	Toledo Museum of Art
Portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire	Maurice de Vlaminck	AC1992.285.1	The artist (1876-1958). [Paul Pétrides, Paris]. Mr. (1886–1954) and Mrs. (1890–1963) Crawford A. Black, New York by 1966. [Perls Galleries, New York]; sold in 1968 to Mr. and Mrs. James J. Shapiro (1910-1995), New York; [sold in 1978 through John and Paul Herring, New York]; to Nathan (1909-1991) and Marion Smooke (1916-2001), Los Angeles; given in 1992 to LACMA.	Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Mythical Landscape (Paysage légendaire)	Georges Rouault	1975.1.203	Bing Collection, Paris, Galerie O. Pétridès, Paris, Lock Galleries, New York, acquired from the Lock Galleries, New York, by Robert Lehman, New York, March 1966.	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Reclining Nude	Suzanne Valadon	1975.1.214	Acquired from the Galerie Paul Pétridès, Paris, by Robert Lehman, New York, October 1957.	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sea and Cliffs	Pierre-Auguste Renoir	1975.1.200	Probably acquired from the Galerie O. Pétridès, Paris, by Robert Lehman, New York, June 1948 (documented in the Lehman Collection by 1950).	Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Green Interior (Figure Seated by a Curtained Window)	Édouard Vuillard	1975.1.222	Private Collection, Paris, possibly the painting acquired from the Galerie O. Pétridès, Paris, by Robert Lehman, New York, June 1948.	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Young Woman Dressed in Fur	Kostia Terechkovitch	1975.1.2042	Acquired from the Galerie Paul Pétridès, Paris, by Robert Lehman, New York, August 1966.	Metropolitan Museum of Art

DATASET: provenances of AIC NEPIP artworks for two dates at a ten year interval

 above: Gustave Courbet - Les Roches de Hautepierre, settlement with heirs of Max Silberberg 

In the last ten years, what progress in provenance research at the Art Institute of Chicago for artworks it listed on the Nazi Era Provenance Internet Portal (NEPIP)?

This dataset preserves the provenances of AIC NEPIP artworks for two dates at a ten year interval: 2017 and 2026.

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DATASET: Artworks linked to Alsdorf at the Chicago Art Institute

Art Institute of Chicago / Alsdorf Provenance Dataset (Updated May 2026)

This dataset preserves provenance information published by the Art Institute of Chicago for artworks associated with the James and Marilynn Alsdorf collection and related objects.

The dataset was assembled from publicly accessible museum webpages in June 2024 and May 2026.

Its purpose is to facilitate:

• progress tracking of research into provenance gaps
• provenance comparisons over time
• restitution and repatriation analysis

Note: Museum provenance information is dynamic. Object pages, provenance texts, donor attributions, and acquisition histories may change or disappear.

This dataset preserves snapshots of provenance information as published at specific dates.

Contents

The dataset includes, where available:

•  accession numbers,
• object URLs,
• artist/culture attributions
•  titles,
• provenance texts,
• donor and credit line information,
•  exhibition histories,
• publication references,
• status notes, including approximate provenance gaps and deaccessions

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This dataset reproduces provenance information as published by the museum at the time of capture. It is intended to support provenance researchers and others studying the evolution of institutional provenance narratives.

When citing the dataset, please include dataset version, retrieval date, and source URLs whenever possible.

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Why does the Carnegie Museum of Art (CMOA) not publish the provenance it has?

Crucifixion, Miguel Alcanyís c. 1425 Accession Number 64.11.14 (provenance gap of 539 years?)

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Back when the Nazi Era Provenance Internet Portal still existed, The CMOA published a list of artworks that it considered had Nazi-era provenance gaps.

Then, in 2015, the CMOA received a $350,000 grant for digital provenance research, in which it made great and innovative progress, sharing methods and results, in a project called ArtTracks.

(see: NEH awards grant to Carnegie Museum of Art for digital provenance project)

But if you look at the CMOA's public website today, you will find no provenance - not even for the NEPIP items that had provenance back in 2015. 

In the intervening years the format of the CMOA urls have changed twice, making it difficult to connect the original 2015 provenance file to the current online records. 

To facilitate this connection, below is the DATASET of selected CMOA artworks with provenance from 2015, but with the urls updated to link to the current website.

DATASET CMOA with NEW URLS

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What other artworks passed through Silberman Galleries?

The Times' David Sanderson just published "Painting from Hitler’s love nest hangs in the National Gallery" reminding us that Silberman Galleries provided false information to the UK National Gallery of Art about the 16th-century painting Cupid Complaining to Venus.  

Its provenance has long been known to have a big Nazi era gap, and was even published in the National Gallery's Whereabouts of paintings 1933-1945 and in the Collection Trust's Spoliation Reports. 

The Times article includes a photo of the Cranach "hanging in the living room of Hitler’s private Munich apartment, where he often entertained his mistress, Eva Braun".

All this poses two obvious questions. 

1) How is the UK National Gallery of Art advancing in its research into the many many artworks with Nazi-era gaps?

and

2) What other artworks passed through E. & A. Silberman Galleries?

(see also: "BOSTON MFA SETTLES VAN DER NEER CASE" http://web.archive.org/web/20151016233930/http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artnetnews/boston-mfa-settles-van-der-neer-case.asp 

and Double Comma Names )

Below are a few examples of :

Selected Christie's catalogue provenance references mentioning E. & A. Silberman Galleries

Open Access! PROVENANCE RESEARCH AND RESTITUTION IN THE AUSTRIAN FEDERAL COLLECTIONS

Bravo to Austria's Commission for Provenance Research for Open Access Digital Publications

Austria's Commission for Provenance Research makes its publications available as open access digital publications

For each publication chapters are published in separate PDFs and available for download with an "Open Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0." licence.

see: https://provenienzforschung.gv.at/en/commission-for-provenance-research/commission-publication-series/

Since 09/2021, all volumes of the series are also available as open access publications.
Links to individual contributions can be found below.

Lost Art Search Requests for artworks currently in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC

The heirs of persecuted Jewish collectors Armand Dorville, Max and Martha Leibermann, Adele Paechter and the Brombergs have all filed Search Requests for Lost Art on the German Lost Art Foundation website for artworks which currently are listed in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C..

Below are five artworks with the provenances as published on Lost Art and the provenance published on the NGA website from the same day.

One notes, in particular, the ABSENCE on the NGA website of any mention of DORVILLE, LIEBERMANN or PAECHTER in the NGA version. 

This raises questions about the quality of the provenance research.

1. Saint Mary Cleophas and Her Family

NGA 1961.9.88 Saint Mary Cleophas and Her Family  Lost Art 526719 

PROVENANCE published on Lost Art (April 18, 2026): "möglich Sammlung O. Streber, München; Haskard Bank, Florenz und Charles Fairfax Murray als Agent, 1900; Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London, 1900; Sammlung Rodolphe Kann (gest. 1905), Paris, Mai 1900 -; Kunsthandel Duveen Brothers, Paris, August 1907; Sammlung Martin Bromberg (und Erben), Hamburg, August 1907 - 1935 (nach) [...]; Sammlung Dr. Max Emden, Schweiz (?); Kunsthandel F. Kleinberger (Allan Loebl), Paris vor 20.12.1938; Kunsthandel Wildenstein & Co., Paris 1939; Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York, Februar 1954 - 1956; National Gallery of Art, Washington, als Leihgabe, 1956 - 1961; National Gallery of Art, Washington, als Geschenk, 1961"

Lost Art Search request for persecuted Jewish collectors: Dr. Henry und Hertha Bromberg , published March 20, 2015

PROVENANCE published on NGA museum website (April 18, 2026)

Possibly O. Streber, Munich.[1] (Haskard Bank, Florence, and Charles Fairfax Murray, as agent, by 1900);[2] sold 1900 to (Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London); sold May 1900 to Rodolphe Kann [d. 1905], Paris;[3] by descent to executors of the Kann estate: Edouard Kann, Paris; Betty Schnaffer [née Kann], Frankfurt; Martin and Eleanore [née Kann] Bromberg, Hamburg; Jacob and Mathilde [née Kann] Emden, Hamburg, and Edmond and Madeline [née Kann] Bickard See, Paris.[4] (Duveen Brothers, Paris, August 1907);[5] purchased August 1907 by members of the Kann family, possibly Martin and Eleanore Bromberg, Hamburg.[6] Probably Dr. Max Emden, Switzerland, by 1939.[7] (Wildenstein & Co., New York, by 1939);[8] purchased February 1954 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[9] Denver Art Museum, Colorado, 1954-1958; at the NGA from February, 1958;[10] gift 1961 to NGA.

[1] Unverified, cited by Alfred Stange, Kritisches Verzeichnis der deutschen Tafelbilder vor Dürer. 3 vols. (Munich, 1970), 2:204, no. 899.

[2] Letter of 24 January 1969, from Richard Kingzett, Thos. Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London, to Colin Eisler, in NGA curatorial files.

[3] Kingzett letter of 24 January 1969 cited above.

[4] Duveen stockbook in archives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; see letter of 23 February 1987 from Guy Bauman, Department of European Paintings to John Hand in NGA curatorial files.

[5] Guy Bauman letter cited above and Edward Fowles, Memories of Duveen Brothers (London, 1976), 36-43.

[6] Bauman letter, cited in note 4, notes that in both the stockbook and the salesbook, the paintings are listed only as having been sold to "Kann relations."

[7] Wildenstein & Co. brochure in NGA Kress files lists Bromberg and Dr. Emden as previous owners.

[8] Letter of 14 September 1988 from Ay-Whang Hsia, Wildenstein & Co., to John Hand, in NGA curatorial files.

[9] The bill of sale (copy in NGA curatorial files, see also The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/1873) is dated February 10, 1954, and was for a total of fourteen paintings; payments by the Foundation continued to March 1957.

[10] William E. Suida, Paintings and Sculpture of the Samuel H. Kress Collection. (Denver, 1954), 64, no. 28; letter of 10 November 1987 to John Hand from Louise H. Kliopov, Denver Art Museum, in NGA curatorial files. Eisler 1977, 26, reversed the exhibition dates for this and the Saint Mary Salome and Her Family also by Strigel.

https://www.nga.gov/artworks/46187-saint-mary-cleophas-and-her-family

Safehaven names

Part 1: raw texts

 url: https://www.archives.gov/research/holocaust/finding-aid/military/rg-226-3g.html

Military Agency Records RG 226

Interallied and Interservice Military Agencies Records

Records of the Office of Strategic Services (RG 226) 

Records of the Research and Analysis Branch

DATASET: Decisions and reports by Austrian Commission for Provenance Research and Art Restitution Advisory Board

Austria's  Commission for Provenance Research and Art Restitution Advisory Board publishes decisions and reports regarding claims and research. 

This dataset includes 482 publications with the 

• name of the art collector, 
• the Austrian museum, 
• the date and 
• url of the report,
• entire text of the report in the original language (German or English)
• translation by Google Translate into English.

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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

Albertina Museum- selected provenances Kallir - Kornfeld - Klipstein- Nathan 2020

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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.

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