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:

👉 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQpejN6ZWaZD7PpT2N7tcDK-6VmbZbY3XRKhhPAOKehpZYEmnVYD8nOjaP5cxaOBwVaint13_rSaJ_Q/pubhtml?gid=914898591&single=true

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This dataset aims to facilitate computational network analysis. Please indicate any errors so that they may be corrected. 

Galerie Moos: tracing history through public auctions

 The Moos art dealing dynasty has placed an important role. This post focuses on artworks that passed through Moos and Christie's.

Erasing Jewish collectors' names from Nazi looted art: Alfred Weinberger

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

 In 2009, Sotheby's put up for sale this Renoir entitled DEUX FEMMES DANS UN JARDIN with the following provenance.

PROVENANCE

Soutro Gallery, London
Sale: Christie's, London, June 24, 1997, lot 284
Private Collection (sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 3, 2005, lot 114)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

https://web.archive.org/web/20181204232353/https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.177.html/2009/impressionist-modern-art-day-sale-n08547

No mention of Alfred Weinberger, who had owned the Renoir until a Nazi looting organization seized it in Paris on December 4, 1941.

The above is one of the most typical provenance types that conceals Nazi-looted art. 

Phoenix Ancient Art: selected provenances

detail of Marble female figure Cycladicca. 3200–2700 BC (on loan to the Met)

 Phoenix Ancient Art has been in the news quite a bit lately, and art crime experts are advising museums to verify their collections.