Loebl, Kleinberger and Sperling in NEPIP provenances in American Museums

Harry Sperling, the grandson of art dealer Franz Kleinberger, became head of the firm F. Kleinberger Galleries. His cousin, Allan Loebl, an Art Looting Investigation Unit Red Flag Name, was in charge of the Paris office during WWII.

Below are the provenances of some of the artworks that transited via Kleinberger on their way to US museums.

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: no provenances for Picasso?

How can a major American museum fail to publish provenance information for European artworks created before 1933?

Photo	Short Title	Date	AccNum	Credit Line	Provenance
	Pedestal Table (Translation)	1922	47.10.80	T. Catesby Jones Collection	NO PROVENANCE
	The Banjo Player (Primary Title)	1921	47.10.81	T. Catesby Jones Collection	NO PROVENANCE
	The Horse (Primary Title)	1901	85.795	Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon	NO PROVENANCE
	Head of a Peasant Woman (Former Title)	1906	47.10.78	T. Catesby Jones Collection	NO PROVENANCE
	Still Life (Wineglass and Newspaper) (Primary Title)	ca. 1913–4	47.10.83	T. Catesby Jones Collection	NO PROVENANCE
	Fool on Horseback (Former Title)	1905	84.2	Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon	NO PROVENANCE
	Landscape (Translation)	1907	47.10.79	T. Catesby Jones Collection	NO PROVENANCE

What happened to the Arkansas Art Center Database?

 The Arkansas Art Center changed its name to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.

There used to be an online art collections database with a search function.

https://web.archive.org/web/20110201214103/http://www.aacwebkiosk.com/

Where is the database today?

https://arkmfa.org/art/collection/

Back when the museum was known as the Arkansas Art Center, it listed 447 artworks on the Nazi Era Provenance Internet Portal (NEPIP).

BLOGGER POST ID: 167711942511517822/8382952564275784305

Nazi Era Provenance Internet Portal Museum Map and Wikidata Qids

As of October 28, 2020 the Nazi Era Provenance Internet Portal (NEPIP) lists 29859 objects from 179 participating museums.

Below is a Wikidata map of many of the NEPIP museums.

US Map of (many) Museums listed on the Nazi Era Provenance Internet Portal

(and Hawaii)

(run Wikidata query here)

Selection of NEPIP Museums with Wikidata Qid and coordinates

(update ongoing)

Wikidata Qid	Museum	coord
Q4674272	Ackland Art Museum	Point(-79.0544 35.9124)
Q420869	Akron Art Museum	Point(-81.5163 41.084)
Q3816734	Allen Memorial Art Museum	Point(-82.2168 41.2937)
Q3612510	Allentown Art Museum	Point(-75.468 40.6043)
Q672759	Arkansas Arts Center	Point(-92.267 34.7394)
Q239303	Art Institute of Chicago	Point(-87.623889 41.879444)
Q377579	Baltimore Museum of Art	Point(-76.6192 39.3261)
Q2916280	Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive	Point(-122.266388888 37.871111111)
Q865736	Birmingham Museum of Art	Point(-86.8102 33.5219)
Q4923831	Blaffer Art Museum	Point(-95.3425 29.7247)
Q2906140	Blanton Museum of Art	Point(-97.7375 30.281)
Q632682	Brooklyn Museum	Point(-73.96375 40.671306)
Q1017269	Busch–Reisinger Museum	Point(-71.114567 42.375109)
Q5043873	Carnegie Art Museum	Point(-119.18 34.198333)
Q5114675	Chrysler Museum of Art	Point(-76.2924 36.857)
Q2970522	Cincinnati Art Museum	Point(-84.496965 39.114637)
Q1465805	Clark Art Institute	Point(-73.2136 42.7078)
Q657415	Cleveland Museum of Art	Point(-81.611666666 41.508888888)
Q2383136	Columbia Museum of Art	Point(-81.03611111 34.00583333)
Q5935366	Columbus Museum of Art	Point(-82.987893 39.964315)
Q5171521	Cornell Fine Arts Museum	Point(-81.3486 28.5923)
Q5194095	Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens	Point(-81.6769 30.3149)
Q745866	Dallas Museum of Art	Point(-96.80083 32.78722)
Q5238285	David Owsley Museum of Art Ball State University	Point(-85.4102 40.1999)
Q15694044	Davis Museum and Cultural Center	Point(-71.3073 42.2937)
Q597355	Dayton Art Institute	Point(-84.201111 39.765833)
Q1189960	Denver Art Museum	Point(-104.989722222 39.737222222)
Q1201549	Detroit Institute of Arts	Point(-83.064722222 42.359444444)
Q5351782	El Paso Museum of Art	Point(-106.490109 31.758506)
Q5360357	Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum	Point(-84.4768 42.7327)
Q6023573	Eskenazi Museum of Art	Point(-86.516666666 39.168333333)
Q186499	Figge Art Museum	Point(-90.5759 41.5213)
Q5459526	Flint Institute of Arts	Point(-83.6778 43.0224)
Q809600	Fogg Museum	Point(-71.114778 42.374031)
Q3075008	Folk Art Center	Point(-82.4821 35.5924)
Q5472294	Fort Wayne Museum of Art	Point(-85.1358 41.0814)
Q5478803	Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center	Point(-73.8974 41.6862)
Q5495608	Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art	Point(-97.44 35.22)
Q1075126	Freer Gallery of Art	Point(-77.0274 38.8881)
Q5506587	Frye Art Museum	Point(-122.324 47.6071)
Q5547611	Georgia Museum of Art	Point(-83.369965 33.941272)
Q14708424	Gilcrease Museum	Point(-96.02137 36.17322)
Q3412050	Grand Rapids Art Museum	Point(-85.6714 42.965)
Q3783572	Harvard Art Museums	Point(-71.11472222 42.37416667)
Q5696477	Heckscher Museum of Art	Point(-73.4218 40.8749)
Q5734055	Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art	Point(-76.4865 42.4508)
Q953345	High Museum of Art	Point(-84.385566 33.790047)
Q128316	Honolulu Museum of Art	Point(-157.848333333 21.303888888)
Q3140304	Hood Museum of Art	Point(-72.28805556 43.70222222)
Q5945433	Huntington Museum of Art	Point(-82.4344 38.393)
Q1117704	Indianapolis Museum of Art	Point(-86.1855 39.8259)
Q1672708	Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts	Point(-122.171 37.433)
Q731126	J. Paul Getty Museum	Point(-118.475 34.0775)
Q592116	Jewish Museum	Point(-73.9575 40.7854)
Q1372546	Joslyn Art Museum	Point(-95.946022 41.260254)
Q14704420	Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art	Point(-94.58531 39.0465)
Q1741629	Kimbell Art Museum	Point(-97.365277777 32.748333333)
Q2468251	Legion of Honor	Point(-122.501111111 37.783888888)
Q1641836	Los Angeles County Museum of Art	Point(-118.358016 34.063299)
Q3837886	Lowe Art Museum	Point(-80.275657 25.719425)
Q6694613	Loyola University Museum of Art	Point(-87.6251 41.8974)
Q1470276	M. H. de Young Memorial Museum	Point(-122.468611 37.7713)
Q1906417	Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art	Point(-87.6727 42.0524)
Q6781199	Maryhill Museum of Art	Point(-120.863333 45.677778)
Q6803132	Mead Art Museum	Point(-72.5155 42.3709)
Q20858105	Meadows Museum of Art	Point(-93.73358 32.48361)
Q6815343	Memorial Art Gallery	Point(-77.5881 43.1572)
Q160236	Metropolitan Museum of Art	Point(-73.96367 40.77891)
Q325712	Milwaukee Art Museum	Point(-87.897042 43.039894)
Q1700481	Minneapolis Institute of Art	Point(-93.27411 44.95818)
Q6869561	Mint Museum	Point(-80.84831 35.22442)
Q18325603	Missoula Art Museum	Point(-114.01167 46.8625)
Q2414041	Mobile Museum of Art	Point(-88.155278 30.703611)
Q1946291	Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts	Point(-86.2065 32.351)
Q14715727	Mount Holyoke College Art Museum	Point(-72.5727 42.2568)
Q49133	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston	Point(-71.094166666 42.339166666)
Q1565911	Museum of Fine Arts, Houston	Point(-95.390556 29.725556)
Q188740	Museum of Modern Art	Point(-73.9776 40.7616)
Q214867	National Gallery of Art	Point(-77.02001 38.89147)
Q1976985	Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art	Point(-94.58083333 39.045)
Q3878590	Norton Museum of Art	Point(-80.053 26.7008)
Q510324	Philadelphia Museum of Art	Point(-75.181 39.966)
Q2997830	Philbrook Museum of Art	Point(-95.97 36.1239)
Q977015	Phoenix Art Museum	Point(-112.072655 33.466749)
Q14686372	Polk Museum of Art	Point(-81.949 28.0369)
Q2105170	Portland Museum of Art	Point(-70.2622 43.6536)
Q2603905	Princeton University Art Museum	Point(-74.6578 40.3472)
Q2148186	Rhode Island School of Design Museum	Point(-71.4072 41.8268)
Q1760539	Saint Louis Art Museum	Point(-90.294444 38.639444)
Q674427	Salvador Dalí Museum	Point(-82.6315 27.766)
Q1368166	San Diego Museum of Art	Point(-117.1505 32.7322)
Q1816301	Seattle Art Museum	Point(-122.338055555 47.607222222)
Q3486881	Smart Museum of Art	Point(-87.6002 41.7935)
Q1192305	Smithsonian American Art Museum	Point(-77.023333333 38.897777777)
Q12069361	Snite Museum of Art	Point(-86.235555555 41.699444444)
Q201469	Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum	Point(-73.958889 40.783056)
Q3492931	Speed Art Museum	Point(-85.760916666 38.217861111)
Q7673984	Tacoma Art Museum	Point(-122.437 47.2475)
Q7675043	Taft Museum of Art	Point(-84.503333 39.1025)
Q7681719	Tampa Museum of Art	Point(-82.4619 27.9484)
Q17060100	The Broad	Point(-118.251 34.0544)
Q682827	The Frick Collection	Point(-73.9673 40.7712)
Q578485	The Phillips Collection	Point(-77.046666666 38.911388888)
Q1743116	Toledo Museum of Art	Point(-83.55944 41.65806)
Q18325616	Tucson Museum of Art	Point(-110.9754 32.2234)
Q7895562	University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art	Point(-91.5402 41.6653)
Q7895586	University of Kentucky Art Museum	Point(-84.5012 38.0376)
Q18343226	University of Wyoming Art Museum	Point(-105.56784 41.3148)
Q18325633	USC Fisher Museum of Art	Point(-118.287325 34.01863)
Q2502866	Utah Museum of Fine Arts	Point(-111.843 40.7602)
Q4013975	Virginia Museum of Fine Arts	Point(-77.474722 37.556389)
Q403080	Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art	Point(-72.673889 41.763333)
Q2178180	Wolfsonian-FIU	Point(-80.1326 25.7808)
Q847508	Worcester Art Museum	Point(-71.802 42.2731)
Q8038231	Wright Museum of Art	Point(-89.031528 42.502083)
Q1568434	Yale University Art Gallery	Point(-72.931 41.3085)

Wikidata query for Map of NEPIP Museums (with Qids of NEPIP Museums)

#Map of NEPIP museums with coordinates

#defaultView:Map

SELECT ?image ?item ?itemLabel ?geo WHERE {

  VALUES ?item {wd:Q4674272 wd:Q1976985 wd:Q420869 wd:Q3816734 wd:Q3612510 wd:Q672759 wd:Q239303 wd:Q377579 wd:Q2916280 wd:Q865736 wd:Q4923831 wd:Q2906140 wd:Q632682 wd:Q1017269 wd:Q5043873 wd:Q5114675 wd:Q2970522 wd:Q1465805 wd:Q657415 wd:Q2383136 wd:Q5935366 wd:Q5171521 wd:Q5194095 wd:Q745866 wd:Q5238285 wd:Q15694044 wd:Q597355 wd:Q1189960 wd:Q1201549 wd:Q5351782 wd:Q5360357 wd:Q6023573 wd:Q186499 wd:Q1416890 wd:Q5459526 wd:Q809600 wd:Q3075008 wd:Q5472294 wd:Q5478803 wd:Q5495608 wd:Q1075126 wd:Q5506587 wd:Q5547611 wd:Q14708424 wd:Q3412050 wd:Q3783572 wd:Q5696477 wd:Q5734055 wd:Q953345 wd:Q128316 wd:Q3140304 wd:Q5945433 wd:Q1117704 wd:Q14688488 wd:Q1672708 wd:Q731126 wd:Q592116 wd:Q1372546 wd:Q14704420 wd:Q1741629 wd:Q2468251 wd:Q1641836 wd:Q3837886 wd:Q6694613 wd:Q1470276 wd:Q1906417 wd:Q6781199 wd:Q6803132 wd:Q20858105 wd:Q6815343 wd:Q160236 wd:Q325712 wd:Q325712 wd:Q1700481 wd:Q6869561 wd:Q6869561 wd:Q18325603 wd:Q2414041 wd:Q188740 wd:Q1946291 wd:Q14715727 wd:Q49133 wd:Q1565911 wd:Q214867 wd:Q3878590 wd:Q510324 wd:Q2997830 wd:Q977015 wd:Q14686372 wd:Q2105170 wd:Q2603905 wd:Q2148186 wd:Q1760539 wd:Q674427 wd:Q1368166 wd:Q1816301 wd:Q3486881 wd:Q1192305 wd:Q12069361 wd:Q201469 wd:Q3492931 wd:Q7673984 wd:Q7675043 wd:Q7681719 wd:Q17060100 wd:Q682827 wd:Q578485 wd:Q578485 wd:Q1743116 wd:Q18325616 wd:Q7895562 wd:Q7895586 wd:Q18343226 wd:Q18325633 wd:Q2502866 wd:Q4013975 wd:Q403080 wd:Q2178180 wd:Q847508 wd:Q8038231 wd:Q1568434}

   ?item    wdt:P625 ?geo .

  OPTIONAL {?item wdt:P18 ?image}

  SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }

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