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.

DATASET: Latchford Wiener Hecht Sperling Klejman in provenances at Metropolitan Museum of Art

FLASH: 26 Doris Wiener provenances added 17SEP2023!

September 2, 2023

DATASET Metropolitan Museum of Art artworks with links to Douglas Latchford, Doris Wiener, Robert Hecht, Harry Sperling, John Klejman, Klaus G. Perls, Joseph Brummer 

Dataset name: Selection Latchford plus Metmuseum 2022

Description: This enhanced Provenance dataset has been constructed from information available on the public internet site of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It includes the provenance and credit line information for artworks which mention Douglas Latchford, Doris Wiener, Robert Hecht, Harry Sperling, John Klejman, Klaus G. Perls, Joseph Brummer and others.  It is intended to facilitate research into antiquities provenance for scholars, art historians and investigators. 

Format: Google Sheet

URL: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTO8W-KpmI91d_l-l4LAoyp_alzQAPaIFAhug2YbStfvUeWMWqjmeAVtO-E4vA7PrOrzjza7b26s6DH/pubhtml?gid=995287093&single=true

Download: CSV

Contents:

• Selection
• Source
• RetrievalDate
• YEAR Acquired
• Source Url
• Title Date
• Artist
• Credit Line
• Acc Num
• Provenance (as published by the Metropolitan Museum on its website on March 29, 2022)
• Description
• Artist_Region
• Artwork__tombstone Value

Publisher of Dataset: OAD

Date of Publication: September 2, 2023

Allen Loebl

"LOEBL was LOHSE's adviser and intermediary in a substantial number of transactions, and "spotted" pictures for him" 
https://www.dfs.ny.gov/consumer/holocaust/history_art_looting_restitution/The%20Allies/OSS%20and%20the%20ALIU/ALIU%20Reports/bruno_lohse.pdf

Who Was Allen Loebl? (Also: Ali Loebl) What was his role at Galerie Kleinberger in Paris? What was his relationship with Harry G. Sperling at F. Kleinberger & Co. in New York? What were his relations with the Nazi and SS ERR art looter Bruno Lohse? Why did he appear so many times on the Art Looting Investigation Unit Red Flag list?