Showing posts with label Holocaust-era Provenance Research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holocaust-era Provenance Research. Show all posts

Aug 3, 2019

What does it mean to find Cailleux in art provenance research?

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Jean Bernard Restout
c. 1771
Cleveland Museum of Art

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1963.502

What does it mean to find the name "Cailleux" in a Nazi-era provenance, an artwork listed by a museum on NEPIP (the Nazi Era Provenance Internet Portal) or an artwork whose provenance shows a gap or uncertainty for the years 1933-1945?


In this series of posts, we will explore the name "Cailleux" where it appears in art provenances throughout the world.