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| The Olive Trees by van Gogh (provenance excerpt:"1940, unknown German buyer") |
When the estate of the famous art collector Getrude Stein was sold, several trustees of the MOMA (Paley, Rockefeller, Burden, Meyer and Whitney) created a powerful and well financed buying syndicate to acquire the artworks in the collection with a view to giving some of them to the MOMA.
MOMA (and later Metropolitan Museum of Art curator) William Lieberman and Walter Bareiss played a key role in mounting the financial operation quickly and efficiently.
What other artworks at the MoMa are linked to these powerful art collecting trustees?
Below are some of provenances from artworks included by the MOMA in its Provenance Research Project. Many would appear to require additional research to clarify their itineraries.
MOMA provenances (2019 version) that mention William S. Paley, John Hay Whitney, William A. M. Burden, Abbey Rockefeller, Nelson A. Rockefeller or the Museum of Modern Art Syndicate
| Artist | Title | Date | URL | Acc_Number | Provenance |
| Vincent van Gogh | The Olive Trees | Saint Rémy, June-July 1889 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80013 | 581.1998 | June - September 1889, Vincent van Gogh, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.September 1889 - January 1891, Theo van Gogh, Paris, acquired from his brother Vincent van Gogh.January 1891 - February 1906, Johanna (Jo) van Gogh-Bonger, Amsterdam, in trust for her son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, Amsterdam, inherited from Theo van Gogh.February 1906 - ?, Karl Ernst Osthaus, Hagen, purchased through Jo van Gogh-Bonger.1924, Collection Kunsthandel D. Komter, Amsterdam.By 1928 - 1938/39 or later, Salomon (Sam) van Deventer, Wassenaar, The Netherlands.[1940, unknown German buyer, purchased from Sam van Deventer][1945/46, Galerie M. Schulthess, Basel]By 1947 - April 1947, Katz Galerie (Nathan Katz), Basel, Switzerland.April 1947 - 1982, John Hay Whitney, New York, purchased from Katz Galerie through Knoedler Galleries (no. CA2846), New York.1982 - 1998, Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney, New York, inherited from John Hay Whitney.1998, The Museum of Modern Art, acquired by bequest from Mrs. John Hay Whitney (Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney). |
| Pablo Picasso | Head of a Sleeping Woman (Study for Nude with Drapery) | Paris, summer 1907 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79376 | 278.1983 | 1907, Pablo Picasso.? - 1913, Leo Stein (1872-1947) and Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), Paris, acquired from the artist.1913 - 1946, Gertrude Stein, Paris and San Francisco.1946 - 1968, Estate of Gertrude Stein, c/o Alice B. Toklas, Paris.1968, The Museum of Modern Art Syndicate, New York, purchased from the heirs of the Stein estate.1968 - 1982, John Hay Whitney (1904-1982) and Betsey Maria Cushing Whitney (1908-1998), New York, acquired from the Museum of Modern Art Syndicate. |
| Pablo Picasso | Still Life with Fruit and Glass | Paris, fall 1908 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79380 | 279.1983 | 1908, Pablo Picasso.? - 1913, Leo Stein (1872-1947) and Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), Paris, acquired from the artist.1913 - 1946, Gertrude Stein, Paris and San Francisco.1946 - 1968, Estate of Gertrude Stein, c/o Alice B. Toklas, Paris.1968, The Museum of Modern Art Syndicate, New York, purchased from the heirs of the Stein estate.1968 - 1982, John Hay Whitney (1904-1982) and Betsey Maria Cushing Whitney (1908-1998), New York, acquired from the Museum of Modern Art Syndicate.1982 - 1983, Estate of John Hay Whitney, New York.1983, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as gift from the Estate of John Hay Whitney. |
| Henri Matisse | Goldfish and Sculpture | Issy-les-Moulineaux, spring-summer 1912 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79117 | 199.1955 | Hugo Perls (1886-1977), Berlin, 1914 [1]; acquired by Hans Purrmann (1880-1966), Berlin, Florence and Zurich, 1916. Sold to Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich; sold to Paul Rosenberg Gallery, New York; sold to Betsey Cushing Whitney and John Hay Whitney, New York, 1948 [2]; given to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1955.[1] Hugo Perls, Warum ist Kamilla schön?, Munich: List, 1962, p. 80. Acquired in Berlin. Before Perls"s acquisition the painting was included in the exhibition Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition, Grafton Galleries, London, October 5 - December 31, 1912, no. 37 ("Les Poissons"). Lender: "Madame M."[2] Included in the exhibition Henri Matisse: Retrospective Exhibtion of Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, Philadelphia Museum of Art, April 3-May 9, 1948 (no. 24: "Collection John Hay Whitney, NY."). |
| Kazimir Malevich | Reservist of the First Division | fall-winter 1914 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80380 | 814.1935 | The artist, Moscow and Petrograd/Leningrad. 1914 - 1927 Hugo Haering, Berlin, 1927 - 1930. Malevich took approximately seventy works, including this one, from Leningrad to Berlin in 1927, where the work was displayed at Große Berliner Austellung. Malevich left these paintings and drawings in the care of a Berlin Architect named Hugo Haering when he returned to Leningrad later in 1927. In 1930, Haering transferred the collection to the care of Alexander Dorner, director of the Provinzialmuseum in Hannover. Malevich never returned to Germany to collect the works, and died in Leningrad in 1935 without leaving instructions directing the disposition of his art. Provinzialmuseum (later Landesmuseum), Hannover, 1930 - 1935. Dorner exhibited the pictures until the Nazis came to power in 1933, and then placed them in storage to save them from possible destruction. In 1935, Alfred Barr, acting on behalf of The Museum of Modern Art, bought two paintings and two drawings from Dorner, and borrowed other works. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1935 - present. The works remained on extended loan to The Museum of Modern Art until 1963, when they were acquired into the collection. The acquisition was confirmed in 1999 by agreement with Malevich"s heirs and made possible with funds from the Mrs. John Hay Whitney Bequest (by exchange). |
| Rufino Tamayo | Woman | 1938 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79422 | 288.1983 | Curt Valentin, Valentin Gallery, New York (Buchholz Gallery)John Hay Whitney Collection, c. 1957-1983The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the Estate John Hay Whitney, 1983 |
| Kazimir Malevich | Suprematist Composition: White on White | 1918 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80385 | 817.1935 | The artist, Moscow and Petrograd/Leningrad. 1918 - 1927 Hugo Haering, Berlin, 1927 - 1930. Malevich took approximately seventy works, including this one, from Leningrad to Berlin in 1927, where the work was displayed at Große Berliner Austellung. Malevich left these paintings and drawings in the care of a Berlin Architect named Hugo Haering when he returned to Leningrad later in 1927. In 1930, Haering transferred the collection to the care of Alexander Dorner, director of the Provinzialmuseum in Hannover. Malevich never returned to Germany to collect the works, and died in Leningrad in 1935 without leaving instructions directing the disposition of his art. Provinzialmuseum (later Landesmuseum), Hannover, 1930 - 1935. Dorner exhibited the pictures until the Nazis came to power in 1933, and then placed them in storage to save them from possible destruction. In 1935, Alfred Barr, acting on behalf of The Museum of Modern Art, bought two paintings and two drawings from Dorner, and borrowed other works. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1935 - present. The works remained on extended loan to The Museum of Modern Art until 1963, when they were acquired into the collection. The acquisition was confirmed in 1999 by agreement with Malevich"s heirs and made possible with funds from the Mrs. John Hay Whitney Bequest (by exchange). |
| Kazimir Malevich | Suprematist Painting | 1916-17 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80387 | 819.1935 | The artist, Moscow and Petrograd/Leningrad. 1916 - 1927 Hugo Haering, Berlin, 1927 - 1930. Malevich took approximately seventy works, including this one, from Leningrad to Berlin in 1927, where the work was displayed at Große Berliner Austellung. Malevich left these paintings and drawings in the care of a Berlin Architect named Hugo Haering when he returned to Leningrad later in 1927. In 1930, Haering transferred the collection to the care of Alexander Dorner, director of the Provinzialmuseum in Hannover. Malevich never returned to Germany to collect the works, and died in Leningrad in 1935 without leaving instructions directing the disposition of his art. Provinzialmuseum (later Landesmuseum), Hannover, 1930 - 1935. Dorner exhibited the pictures until the Nazis came to power in 1933, and then placed them in storage to save them from possible destruction. In 1935, Alfred Barr, acting on behalf of The Museum of Modern Art, bought two paintings and two drawings from Dorner, and borrowed other works. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1935 - present. The works remained on extended loan to The Museum of Modern Art until 1963, when they were acquired into the collection. The acquisition was confirmed in 1999 by agreement with Malevich"s heirs and made possible with funds from the Mrs. John Hay Whitney Bequest (by exchange). |
| Kazimir Malevich | Suprematist Composition: Airplane Flying | 1915 (dated on reverse 1914) | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79269 | 248.1935 | The artist, Moscow and Petrograd/Leningrad. 1915 - 1927 Hugo Haering, Berlin, 1927 - 1930. Malevich took approximately seventy works, including this one, from Leningrad to Berlin in 1927, where the work was displayed at Große Berliner Austellung. Malevich left these paintings and drawings in the care of a Berlin Architect named Hugo Haering when he returned to Leningrad later in 1927. In 1930, Haering transferred the collection to the care of Alexander Dorner, director of the Provinzialmuseum in Hannover. Malevich never returned to Germany to collect the works, and died in Leningrad in 1935 without leaving instructions directing the disposition of his art. Provinzialmuseum (later Landesmuseum), Hannover, 1930-1935. Dorner exhibited the pictures until the Nazis came to power in 1933, and then placed them in storage to save them from possible destruction. In 1935, Alfred Barr, acting on behalf of The Museum of Modern Art, bought two paintings and two drawings from Dorner, and borrowed other works. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 1935 - present. The works remained on extended loan to The Museum of Modern Art until 1963, when they were acquired into the collection. The acquisition was confirmed in 1999 by agreement with Malevich"s heirs and made possible with funds from the Mrs. John Hay Whitney Bequest (by exchange). |
| Kazimir Malevich | Painterly Realism of a Boy with a Knapsack - Color Masses in the Fourth Dimension | 1915 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80383 | 816.1935 | The artist, Moscow and Petrograd/Leningrad. 1915 - 1927Hugo Haering, Berlin, 1927-1930. Malevich took approximately seventy works, including this one, from Leningrad to Berlin in 1927, where the work was displayed at Große Berliner Austellung. Malevich left these paintings and drawings in the care of a Berlin Architect named Hugo Haering when he returned to Leningrad later in 1927. In 1930, Haering transferred the collection to the care of Alexander Dorner, director of the Provinzialmuseum in Hannover. Malevich never returned to Germany to collect the works, and died in Leningrad in 1935 without leaving instructions directing the disposition of his art. Provinzialmuseum (later Landesmuseum), Hannover, 1930 - 1935. Dorner exhibited the pictures until the Nazis came to power in 1933, and then placed them in storage to save them from possible destruction. In 1935, Alfred Barr, acting on behalf of The Museum of Modern Art, bought two paintings and two drawings from Dorner, and borrowed other works. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1935 - present. The works remained on extended loan to The Museum of Modern Art until 1963, when they were acquired into the collection. The acquisition was confirmed in 1999 by agreement with Malevich"s heirs and made possible with funds from the Mrs. John Hay Whitney Bequest (by exchange). |
| Kazimir Malevich | Woman with Pails: Dynamic Arrangement | 1912-13 (dated on reverse 1912) | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80381 | 815.1935 | The artist, Moscow and Petrograd/Leningrad. 1912 - 1927 Hugo Haering, Berlin, 1927 - 1930. Malevich took approximately seventy works, including this one, from Leningrad to Berlin in 1927, where the work was displayed at Große Berliner Austellung. Malevich left these paintings and drawings in the care of a Berlin Architect named Hugo Haering when he returned to Leningrad later in 1927. In 1930, Haering transferred the collection to the care of Alexander Dorner, director of the Provinzialmuseum in Hannover. Malevich never returned to Germany to collect the works, and died in Leningrad in 1935 without leaving instructions directing the disposition of his art. Provinzialmuseum (later Landesmuseum), Hannover, 1930 - 1935. Dorner exhibited the pictures until the Nazis came to power in 1933, and then placed them in storage to save them from possible destruction. In 1935, Alfred Barr, acting on behalf of The Museum of Modern Art, bought two paintings and two drawings from Dorner, and borrowed other works. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1935 - present. The works remained on extended loan to The Museum of Modern Art until 1963, when they were acquired into the collection. The acquisition was confirmed in 1999 by agreement with Malevich"s heirs and made possible with funds from the Mrs. John Hay Whitney Bequest (by exchange). |
| Maurice Utrillo | La Rue des Abbesses | 1910 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79440 | 293.1983 | [Sam Salz, New York. c. 1959]The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Estate of John Hay Whitney, 1983 |
| Henri Matisse | Study for "Luxe, calme et volupté" | 1904 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80016 | 582.1998 | André Saint, Paris. - 1932Auction, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, "Collection d"un amateur" [André Saint], February 27, 1932Hodel. Purchased at Drouot in 1932 Sidney Janis Gallery, New York. 1951Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney, New York. Purchased April 16, 1951 - 1998The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mrs. John Hay Whitney Bequest, 1998 |
| Pablo Picasso | Self Portrait (Yo) | 1901 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80026 | 587.1998 | 1901 - ?, Pablo Picasso, Paris.[Unknown private collection, Nice]Before 1928, Galerie Percier, Paris.By February 1949, Paul Chadourne & Colle, Paris.February 1949 - 1998, John Hay Whitney (1904-1982) and Betsey Maria Cushing Whitney (1908-1998), New York, purchased from Paul Chadourne through Jacques Kaplan.1998, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired by bequest from Mrs. John Hay Whitney. |
| Paul Cézanne | Turning Road at Montgeroult | 1898 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80025 | 586.1998 | Auguste Pellerin, Paris. By 1927Jean-Victor Pellerin, Paris. By [1929] 1936 - until at least July 1939Wildenstein Galleries, London & New York. On consignment from the Pellerin family, from 1939 until March 1, 1948Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney, New York. Purchased from Wildenstein, New York, March 1, 1948 - 1982Mrs. John Hay Whitney, New York. 1982 - 1998The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mrs. John Hay Whitney Bequest, 1998 |
| Édouard Vuillard | Embroidery | 1895-96 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79443 | 294.1983 | Thadée Natanson, Paris. Until 1908Sale, Collection Thadée Natanson, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 13, 1908 Bernheim-Jeune, Paris. Purchased from Natanson sale, June 1908 Jacques-Emile Blanche (1861-1942), Paris Paris art market John Hay Whitney, New York. By 1961 - 1983The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Estate of John Hay Whitney, 1983 |
| Georges-Pierre Seurat | Grandcamp, Evening | 1885, painted border c. 1888-89 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79409 | 285.1983 | Estate of the artist (Seurat family), 1891 [1]; Private collection, France [2]; Galerie de l"Elysée, Paris [3]; sold to Wildenstein, New York, 1948 [4]; sold to John Hay Whitney and Betsey Cushing Whitney, New York, 1949 [5]; acquired by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1983 (Estate of John Hay Whitney) [6].[1] Henri Dorra and John Rewald, eds. Seurat, Paris: Les Beaux Arts, 1959, no. 155: "Inventaire posthume, Atelier Seurat, no. 28; Famille Seurat, Paris." Signed on verso by Paul Signac.[2] Ibid.[3] Information provided by Wildenstein & Co., New York.[4] See John Rewald, Georges Seurat, Paris: Albin Michel, 1948, p. 50, fig. 33: La Manche à Grandcamp. |
| Pablo Picasso | Woman with a Guitar | Paris, March 1914 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79646 | 415.1975 | 1914, Pablo Picasso, Paris.1914, Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris.1914 - 1946, Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), Paris and San Francisco.1946 - 1968, Estate of Gertrude Stein, c/o Alice B. Toklas, Paris.1968, The Museum of Modern Art Syndicate, New York, purchased from the heirs of the Stein estate.1968 - 1975, David and Peggy Rockefeller, New York, acquired from the Museum of Modern Art Syndicate. |
| Pablo Picasso | Girl with a Mandolin (Fanny Tellier) | Paris, late spring 1910 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80430 | 966.1979 | 1910, Pablo Picasso, Paris.1910 - 1914, Wilhelm Uhde, Paris.1914 - May 30, 1921, Uhde collection and gallery stock, sequestered during World War I by the French government as enemy property and sold through Hôtel Drouot (Collection Uhde: Tableaux Modernes, Paris, May 30, 1921, lot 44).May 30, 1921 - May 18-19, 1925, Christian Tetzen-Lund (1852-1936), Copenhagen, purchased at auction Hôtel Drouot and sold at the auction sale of the Tetzen-Lund collection (Franske og Skandinaviske Billeder tilhørende Tetzen-Lund’s Samlinger, Copenhagen, May 18-19, 1925, lot 99).May 18-19, 1925 - ?, Paul Rosenberg, Paris [possibly on consignment with Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin and Düsseldorf], purchased at auction from Christian Tetzen-Lund through Wilhelm Hansen.André Breton, Paris, acquired from Paul Rosenberg.By 1931 - 1937, René Gaffé, Bruxelles and Cagnes-sur-Mer, purchased through/from André Breton and Paul Éluard, Paris.1937 - November 1956, Roland A. Penrose, London and Sussex, purchased from René Gaffé through Zwemmer Gallery.November 1956 - 1979, Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, purchased from Roland A. Penrose through Alfred H. Barr, Jr.1979, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired by bequest from Nelson A. Rockefeller. |
| Giorgio de Chirico | The Song of Love | Paris, June-July 1914 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80419 | 950.1979 | Giorgio de Chirico, Paris.1914 - at least 1924 [or 1927], Paul Guillaume, Paris.By 1928 - October 1950, Marcel Raval, Paris. October 1950 - 1979, Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, purchased from Marcel Raval.1979, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired by bequest from Nelson A. Rockefeller. |
| Pablo Picasso | Interior with a Girl Drawing | Paris, February 1935 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80432 | 969.1979 | 1935 - ?, Pablo Picasso, Paris.By 1939 - October 16, 1950, Mary Callery (1903-1977, aka Meric Callery), Paris (Boulogne-sur-Seine) and New York, possibly acquired from the artist.October 16, 1950 - 1979, Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, purchased from Mary Callery, New York.1979, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired by bequest from Nelson A. Rockefeller. |
| Henri Matisse | Dance (I) | Paris, Boulevard des Invalides, early 1909 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79124 | 201.1963 | Henri Matisse, Paris.[Gertrude Stein, Paris]October 1936 - February 1939, Pierre Matisse Gallery (stock no. C834, P.M. no. 131), New York, acquired on consignment from Henri Matisse.February 1939 - 1963, Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., New York, purchased from Henri Matisse through Pierre Matisse Gallery.1963, Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, purchased from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. through Sidney Janis Gallery.1963, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as gift from Nelson A. Rockefeller in honor of Alfred H. Barr, Jr. |
| Pablo Picasso | Student with a Pipe | Paris, autumn 1913–early 1914 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80436 | 973.1979 | 1914, Pablo Picasso.1914 - 1946, Gertrude Stein, Paris and San Francisco, probably acquired from the artist.1946 - 1968, Estate of Gertrude Stein, c/o Alice B. Toklas, Paris.1968, The Museum of Modern Art Syndicate, New York, purchased from the heirs of the Stein estate.1968 - 1979, Nelson A. Rockefeller (1908-1979), New York, acquired from the Museum of Modern Art Syndicate.1979, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired by bequest from Nelson A. Rockefeller. |
| Marcel Duchamp | Network of Stoppages | Paris, 1914 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79600 | 390.197 | Joseph Stella (1877-1946), New York. Before 1946Frederick Kiesler (1890–1965), New York. Acquired from Stella [before 1946]Julian Levy, New York (Kiesler’s agent)Patricia Kane Matta (1923-1972), who became Mrs. Pierre Matisse in 1949, New YorkPierre Matisse, New YorkCordier & Ekstrom, Inc., New York. [Likely acquired from Pierre Matisse]Mrs. William Sisler (Mary Sisler), New York, N.Y. and Palm Beach, Florida. Purchased from Cordier & Ekstrom, 1964 – 1970The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund and gift of Mrs. William Sisler, 1970 |
| Pablo Picasso | Still Life: "Job" | Paris 1916 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80434 | 971.1979 | The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Nelson A. Rockefeller Bequest, 1979 |
| Wilhelm Lehmbruck | Dancer | Paris 1913 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/81919 | 960.1979 | Museum für Kunst und Heimatgeschichte, Erfurt [1]; removed as "degenerate art" by the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, 1937 [2]; on consignment to Karl Buchholz (1901 1992), Berlin, 1939; to Curt Valentin (1902 1954), New York, 1939. Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1939 [3]; acquired by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1979 (Nelson A. Rockefeller Bequest).[1] Painted on bottom of base "2 Erfurt."[2] EK no. 1942: Sitzende[3] Lender to the exhibition Art in Our Time, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 10 September 30, 1939 (no. 269). |
| Pablo Picasso | Landscape | La Rue des Bois or Paris, August or September 1908 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80660 | 1413.1974 | 1908, Pablo Picasso.? - 1913, Leo Stein (1872-1947) and Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), Paris, acquired from the artist.1913 - 1946, Gertrude Stein, Paris and San Francisco.1946 - 1968, Estate of Gertrude Stein, c/o Alice B. Toklas, Paris.1968, The Museum of Modern Art Syndicate, New York, purchased from the heirs of the Stein estate.1968 - 1975, David and Peggy Rockefeller, New York, acquired from the Museum of Modern Art Syndicate. |
| Henri Matisse | La Serpentine | Issy-les-Moulineaux, fall 1909 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/81698 | 624.1939 | Arthur B. DaviesDowntown Gallery, New YorkAbby Aldrich Rockefeller, New YorkThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1936 |
| Henri Matisse | Gourds | Issy-les-Moulineaux, 1915-16 (dated on painting 1916) | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78817 | 109.1935 | 1916 - February 22, 1917, Henri Matisse, Paris.February 22, 1917 - March 17, 1917, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, purchased from the artist.March 17, 1917 - ?, Léonce Rosenberg, Paris, purchased from Bernheim-Jeune.1926 - 1931, Paul Guillaume, Paris.By 1931 - 1935, Léonide Massine, New York.1935, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., New York, purchased from Léonide Massine through Marie Harriman Gallery, New York. |
| Pablo Picasso | Guitar | Céret, spring 1913 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/38359 | 967.1979 | Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, ParisPaul Eluard, Paris. Before 1932Mme Lise Deharme, Paris. By 1942 – Auction, Hotel Drouot, March 6, 1953Sidney Janis Gallery, New York. Purchased at Lise Deharme auction, 1953Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York. Acquired from Sidney Janis, 1953 – 1979The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Nelson A. Rockefeller Bequest, 1979 |
| Henri Matisse | Bather | Cavalière, summer 1909 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78464 | 17.1936 | Paul Guillaume (1891-1934), Paris [1]; acquired by Georges Bénard, Paris; sold through Hôtel Drouot, Paris to Etienne Bignou, Paris/New York, June 9, 1933 [2]; sold to Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874-1948), New York, December 1935 [3]; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1936 (Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller).[1] See Dominique Fourcade, ed., Henri Matisse 1904-1917, exh. cat. Paris : Centre Georges Pompidou, 1993, no. 71.[2] Tableaux modernes, aquarelles, gouaches, pastels. Collection G.B.[Georges Bénard]. Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 9, 1933, no. 63. See Gazette de l"Hotel Drouot, June 10, 1933, p. 4: "no. 63, Jeune fille sortant du bain (92-74) (d. 20.000), à M. Bignou 10 100."[3] Included in the exhibition New Acquisitions: The Collection of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., January 14-February 16, 1936, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, no. 81. |
| Alexander Calder | Spiny | c. 1939 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/81916 | 949.1979 | The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Nelson A. Rockefeller Bequest, 1979 |
| Pierre Roy | Country Fair | c. 1930 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78916 | 128.194 | The Brummer Gallery, New YorkThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1940 |
| John Kane | Homestead | c. 1929? | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78744 | 90.1935 | Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New YorkThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1935 |
| Georg Kolbe | Standing Girl | c. 1920 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/81672 | 612.1939 | Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New YorkThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1939 |
| Preston Dickinson | Harlem River | before 1928 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78642 | 62.1935 | Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928)Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New YorkThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1935 |
| Joan Miró | Hirondelle Amour | Barcelona, late fall 1933-winter 1934 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80315 | 723.1976 | One of four cartoons for tapestries commissioned by Marie Cuttoli, who, while she never owned the painting, kept it until 1946 [or until 1952]Aimé Maeght, Paris. Acquired from Marie Cuttoli, by 1952Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York. Acquired from Aimé Maeght by May 1955 [probably in 1952] - 1976The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1976 |
| Salvador Dalí | Portrait of Gala | 1935 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79448 | 298.1937 | Galerie Pierre Colle, ParisEustache de Lorey, Paris[Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York. By 1935]The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1937 |
| Julio González | Reclining Figure | 1934 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/81918 | 955.1979 | The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Nelson A. Rockefeller Bequest, 1979 |
| Gaston Lachaise | John Marin | 1928 (cast 1930) | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/81036 | 154.1934 | Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New YorkThe Museum of Modern Art, New York.Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1934 |
| Christian Bérard | Jean Cocteau | 1928 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78503 | 25.194 | Collection Bonjean, Paris. [Until 1931?]Julien Levy Gallery, New York. [After 1931] - 1940The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased from Julien Levy Galley with the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund, 1940 |
| Gaston Lachaise | Dancer | 1928 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/81654 | 605.1939 | E. Weyhe, New York, by 1929Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York. Purchased from Weyhe, May 17, 1929The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1939 |
| Pierre Roy | Danger on the Stairs | 1927 or 1928 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78972 | 142.1935 | [P.-G. van Hecke, Brussels]The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1935 |
| Paul Klee | Pastorale (Rhythms) | 1927 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79012 | 157.1945 | On consignment from the artist to Rudolf Probst, Galerie Neue Kunst Fides, Dresden, 1928 [1]; on consignment from the artist to Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin, 1928 [2]; on loan to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1930 [3]; on consignment from the artist to Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, by 1934 [4]; to Mayor Gallery, London, by 1934 [5]; to Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (Galerie Simon), Paris, by 1935 [6]; on loan to the Kunsthalle Basel, 1935 [7]; acquired by Karl Nierendorf, New York, by 1939 [8]; sold to Helen Resor (1886-1964), New York, by 1940 [9]; sold through Karl Nierendorf, New York to The Museum of Modern Art, 1945 (Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund and by exchange).[1] Paul-Klee-Stiftung, Kunstmuseum Bern, eds. Paul Klee: catalogue raisonné. Bern: Benteli and New York: Thames and Hudson, vol. 5 (2001), no. 4233.[2] Ibid. Included in the following exhibitions: Paul Klee, Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin, March 18-Easter 1928, no. 33 (Pastorale); Paul Klee, Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin, October 20-November 15, 1929 (no. 85); |
| Paul Klee | Around the Fish | 1926 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79342 | 271.1939 | Gemäldegalerie, Dresden, 1926 [1]; removed as "degenerate art" by the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, 1937 [2]; on consignment to Karl Buchholz, Berlin, 1939; to Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York, 1939; acquired by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, April 13, 1939 (Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund) [3].[1] Paul-Klee-Stiftung, Kunstmuseum Bern, eds. Paul Klee: catalogue raisonné. Bern: Benteli and New York: Thames and Hudson, vol. 4 (2000), no. 4075. Acquired from the exhibition Internationale Kunstausstellung, Städtischer Ausstellungspalast Dresden, Juni-September, 1926 (no. 528). Before the painting was removed from the collection in 1937, it was included as "degenerate art" in the exhibition Entartete Kunstat the Neues Rathaus, Dresden, September 23, 1933-October 18, 1933; at the Städtische Galerie, Nürnberg, September 7, 1935-September 21, 1935; and at the Haus der Kunst, Dortmund, November 11, 1935-December 8, 1935 (see Beschlagnahmeinventar "Entartete Kunst", "Degenerate Art" Research Center, FU Berlin).[2] EK no. 15982: Um den Fisch. Included in the exhibition |
| Max Weber | Still Life with Chinese Tea Pot | 1925 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79004 | 155.1935 | Downtown Gallery, New YorkAbby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York. Purchased from the Downtown GalleryThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1935 |
| Fernand Léger | Mural Painting | 1924 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78620 | 49.1965 | 1924 - at least April 1933, Fernand Léger.By 1951 - May 1951, Louis Carré Gallery, New York, possibly acquired from the artist.May 1951 - 1961, Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York (inventory #25-353), purchased from Louis Carré Gallery.1961 - 1965, Private Collection, New York.1965, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as anonymous gift from private collection. |
| Gaston Lachaise | Head of a Woman (Egyptian Head) | 1923 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/81659 | 606.1939 | Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New YorkThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1939 |
| Gaston Lachaise | Woman Walking | 1922 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/81713 | 635.1939 | C. W. Kraushaar Gallery, New York, 1930Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York. Purchased from Kraushaar, February 21, 1930 - 1939The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1939 |
| Juan Gris | The Sideboard | 1917 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80424 | 957.1979 | The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Nelson A. Rockefeller Bequest, 1979 |
| Amedeo Modigliani | Head | 1915? | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/81625 | 593.1939 | Amedeo Modigliani, Paris.[Léopold Zborowski (1889-1932), Paris, probably acquired from the artist][Unknown private collection, London]By 1937 - 1939, Mary Quinn Sullivan (1877-1939), New York.1939, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, purchased from Mary Quinn Sullivan through Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. |
| Juan Gris | Guitar and Glasses | 1914 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80423 | 956.1979 | 1914, Galerie Kahnweiler (stock no. 2208), Paris.[Before December 12, 1914] - 1924, John Quinn (no. 2067), New York.1924 - 1926, Estate of John Quinn, sold at auction (Vente Collection John Quinn, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, October 28, 1926, lot 58).M. Eichenberger, Bern.Mme Olivares, Madrid.Sam Salz, New York.[By 1947, Private Collection, Eire]By 1955 - 1979, Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York.1979, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired by bequest from Nelson A. Rockefeller. |
| Vasily Kandinsky | Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 2 | 1914 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79450 | 298.1983 | (Same provenance as Panel no. 4)(Willem Beffie, Amsterdam. Left in care of Beffie by Kandinsky with instructions to ship them to New York, 1914 – 1916)Mr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Campbell, 1914 – 1929. (Commissioned in 1914, together with Painting Number 199, Painting Number 200, and Painting Number 201, as a mural ensemble for their New York apartment at 635 Park Avenue. First exhibited in Stockholm in February 1916, then shipped to New York in summer 1916, and installed in Campbell’s foyer in fall 1916, until 1921 when Edwin Campbell (1874-1929) divorced and moved.)[Whereabouts unknown. 1929 – 1940]Murray Hoffman, Palm Beach, Florida. 1940James St. L. O’Toole, New York (dealer). Acquired Panels 2 and 4 from Hoffman, 1940 – 1941Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Purchased from O’Toole, 1941 – 1983The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Nelson A. Rockefeller Fund (by exchange), 1983 |
| Vasily Kandinsky | Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 4 | 1914 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79452 | 299.1983 | (same as that of Panel No. 2)(Willem Beffie, Amsterdam. Left in care of Beffie by Kandinsky with instructions to ship them to New York, 1914 – 1916)Mr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Campbell, 1914 – 1929. (Commissioned in 1914, together with Painting Number 199, Painting Number 200, and Painting Number 201, as a mural ensemble for their New York apartment at 635 Park Avenue. First exhibited in Stockholm in February 1916, then shipped to New York in summer 1916, and installed in Campbell’s foyer in fall 1916, until 1921 when Edwin Campbell (1874-1929) divorced and moved.)[Whereabouts unknown. 1929 – 1940]Murray Hoffman, Palm Beach, Florida. 1940James St. L. O’Toole, New York (dealer). Acquired panels 2 and 4 from Hoffman, 1940 – 1941Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Purchased from O’Toole, 1941 – 1983The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Nelson A. Rockefeller Fund (by exchange), 1983 |
| Umberto Boccioni | States of Mind I: The Farewells | 1911 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78648 | 64.1979 | Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944), Milan and Rome. By 1912 – [1944]Donna Benedetta Marinetti, Rome (Marinetti’s widow). [1944] - 1949Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York. Acquired from Donna Benedetta Marinetti, October 1949 - 1979The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 |
| Umberto Boccioni | States of Mind II: Those Who Go | 1911 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78653 | 65.1979 | Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944), Milan and Rome. By 1912 – [1944]Donna Benedetta Marinetti, Rome (Marinetti’s widow). [1944] - 1949Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York. Acquired from Donna Benedetta Marinetti, October 1949 - 1979The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 |
| Umberto Boccioni | States of Mind III: Those Who Stay | 1911 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78660 | 66.1979 | Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944), Milan and Rome. By 1912 – [1944]Donna Benedetta Marinetti, Rome (Marinetti’s widow). [1944] - 1949Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York. Acquired from Donna Benedetta Marinetti, October 1949 - 1979The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 |
| Wilhelm Lehmbruck | Kneeling Woman | 1911 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/81256 | 268.1939 | Acquired from the artist by Sally Falk (1888-1962), Mannheim, October 3, 1916 [1]; gift to the Kunsthalle Mannheim, August 5, 1921 [2]; removed as "degenerate art" by the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, 1937 [3]; on consignment to Karl Buchholz, Berlin; to Curt Valentin (Buchholz Gallery), New York; acquired by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1939 (Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund) [4]. [1] Roland Dorn et al., Stiftung und Sammlung Sally Falk, Mannheim: Städtische Kunsthalle, 1994, p. 86. Acquired from the artist at the Kollektivausstellung Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Kunsthalle Mannheim, November 12-December 6, 1916 (no. 4: Knieende). On loan from Falk to the Kunsthalle Mannheim since March 1917.[2] Ibid. Inventory number S 518.[3] EK number 15030: Knieende |
| Aristide Maillol | Head of Flora | 1910-11 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/81638 | 599.1939 | The artist (cast at Fonderie Valsuani, Paris)C. W. Kraushaar Gallery, New York, by 1929John D. Rockefeller, Jr, New York. Purchased from Kraushaar, November 1, 1929 - 1939 The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Anonymous donor, 1939 |
| Henri Rousseau | The Dream | 1910 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79277 | 252.1954 | Ambroise Vollard (1867-1939), Paris. Purchased from Rousseau in February 1910 – 1933Knoedler Galleries, New York. November 1933 – January 1934Sidney Janis, New York. Purchased from Knoedler, January 1934 - 1953Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York. Purchased from Sidney Janis, May 1953 - 1954The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, on the occasion of the Museum"s 25th anniversary, 1954 |
| Edvard Munch | The Kiss IV (Kyss IV) | 1897–1902 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/60565 | 35.1942 | Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York; given to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1942. |
| Georges Braque | Still Life with Tenora | (summer or fall 1913) | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/38330 | 947.1979 | 1913/14 - December 12, 1914, Galerie Kahnweiler (photo no. 1171), Paris, acquired from the artist.December 12, 1914 - May 7-8, 1923, Kahnweiler collection and gallery stock, sequestered during World War I by the French government as enemy property and sold through Hôtel Drouot to unidentified buyer (4th sale of Kahnweiler collection, May 7-8, 1923, lot 14), Paris.By 1924, Léonce Rosenberg (Galerie L’Effort moderne), Paris.[1925] - 1951, Amédée Ozenfant, Paris and New York.1951 - 1979, Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, purchased from Amédée Ozenfant.1979, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired by bequest from Nelson A. Rockefeller. |
| Pablo Picasso | The Architect's Table | Paris, early 1912 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80280 | 697.1971 | 1912, Pablo Picasso, Paris.1912, Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris, acquired from the artist.1914 - 1946, Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), Paris and San Francisco, purchased from Galerie Kahnweiler.1946 - 1968, Estate of Gertrude Stein, c/o Alice B. Toklas, Paris.1968, The Museum of Modern Art Syndicate, New York, purchased from the heirs of the Stein estate.1968 - 1971, William S. Paley (1901-1990), New York, acquired from the Museum of Modern Art Syndicate.1975, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as gift from William S. Paley. |
| Pablo Picasso | Boy Leading a Horse | Paris, 1905-06 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79994 | 575.1964 | Ambroise Vollard, ParisGertrude and Leo Stein, Paris, by 1906 to 1913 Daniel Henry Kahnweiler, Galerie Simon, Paris The Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Collection, Berlin, by 1927; Elsa Lucy Lolo von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1899-1986), née von Lavergne-Peguilhen, later Countess von Kesselstatt, wife of Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1875-1935), 1927 by gift upon marriage to at least July 7, 1934Galleries Thannhauser, Berlin, by August 31, 1935 William S. Paley, New York, purchased through Albert Skira, Geneva and Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, from Galleries Thannhauser, Berlin and Lucerne on August 28, 1936 until 1964 |
| Henri Matisse | Woman with a Veil | Nice, winter-spring 1927 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83411 | SPC22.1990 | The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990 |
| Henri Matisse | Odalisque with a Tambourine | Nice, place Charles-Félix, winter 1925-26 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83410 | SPC21.1990 | The artist; sold through Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York to William S. Paley (1901-1990), New York, February 1, 1936 [1]; The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990.[1] William Rubin and Matthew Armstrong, eds., The William S. Paley Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Feb 2-May 7, 1992, no. 44. Collection files, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. |
| Henri Matisse | Woman with Anemones | c. 1919-20 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83407 | SPC20.1990 | Mrs. Kenneth Wagg, New YorkPierre Matisse Gallery, New YorkWilliam S. Paley. Acquired from Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1951The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990 |
| Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Strawberries | c. 1905 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83425 | SPC30.1990 | Albert Skira, GenevaWilliam S. Paley. Acquired from Albert Skira, 1952The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990 |
| Paul Gauguin | Washerwomen | Arles 1888 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83386 | SPC15.1990 | Gustave Fayet, IgnyBaron Kurt von Mutzenbecker, Wiesbaden. [Acquired c. early 1907]Galerie Eugène Druet, Paris. By November 1910Henckel collection, Berlin[Private collection, Germany. By 1950][Alex Ball, New York]Widenstein & Co., NY. Purchased in 1957William S. Paley, NY. Acquired from Widenstein & Co., NY, [January 1958]The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The William S. Paley Collection, 1990 |
| Henri Matisse | Seated Woman with a Vase of Amaryllis | 1941 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83412 | SPC69.1990 | Pierre Matisse Gallery, New YorkValentine Gallery, New YorkWilliam S. Paley. Acquired from Valentine Gallery, 1948The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990 |
| André Derain | The Rehearsal | 1933 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83383 | SPC49.1990 | William S. Paley. Acquired from the artistThe William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990 |
| John Kane | Industry's Increase | 1933 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83395 | SPC53.1990 | The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990 |
| Pablo Picasso | The Guitar | 1919 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83422 | SPC55.1990 | Lee Ault, New YorkPierre Matisse, New YorkWilliam S. Paley. Acquired from Pierre Matisse, 1946The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990 |
| Henri Matisse | Landscape | 1918 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83406 | SPC71.1990 | Valentine Gallery, New YorkWilliam S. Paley. Acquired from Valentine Gallery, 1937The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990 |
| André Derain | Bridge over the Riou | 1906 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83381 | SPC66.1990 | The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990 |
| Pablo Picasso | Nude with Joined Hands | 1906 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83420 | SPC27.1990 | 1906, Pablo Picasso.By 1907 - 1913, Leo Stein (1872-1947) and Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), Paris, acquired from the artist.1913 - 1946, Gertrude Stein, Paris and San Francisco.1946 - 1968, Estate of Gertrude Stein, c/o Alice B. Toklas, Paris.1968, The Museum of Modern Art Syndicate, New York, purchased from the heirs of the Stein estate.1968 - 1990, William S. Paley (1901-1990), New York, acquired from the Museum of Modern Art Syndicate.1990, The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. |
| Paul Gauguin | Tahitian Landscape | 1899 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83389 | SPC67.1990 | William S. Paley. Acquired in France, 1950The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990 |
| Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | M. de Lauradour | 1897 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83445 | SPC79.1990 | Paul Cassirer, BerlinPaul Gallimard, ParisJacob Goldschmidt, New YorkWilliam S. Paley. Acquired from Jacob Goldschmidt, 1939The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990 |
| Pierre Bonnard | Reclining Nude | 1897 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83364 | SPC3.1990 | William S. Paley. Acquired from Wildenstein & Co., 1955The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990 |
| Édouard Vuillard | The Window | 1894 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83448 | SPC40.1990 | The artistSam Salz, New York. Purchased from Estate Edouard Vuillard William S. Paley, NY. Acquired from Sam Salz, 1957 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The William S. Paley Collection, 1990 |
| Édouard Vuillard | The Green Lamp | 1893 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83446 | SPC39.1990 | Gaston Bernheim de Villiers, Monte CarloSam Salz, New YorkWilliam S. Paley. Acquired from Sam Salz, 1954The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990 |
| Édouard Vuillard | Still Life with Top Hat | 1893 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83447 | SPC60.1990 | Gaston Bernheim de Villiers, Monte CarloSam Salz, New YorkWilliam S. Paley. Acquired from Sam Salz, 1954The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990 |
| Émile-Antoine Bourdelle | The Warrior's Hand | 1889 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83366 | SPC80.1990 | William S. Paley. Acquired from Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York, 1968The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990 |
| Émile-Antoine Bourdelle | Hand | 1888 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83365 | SPC41.1990 | William S. Paley. Acquired from Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York, 1968The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990 |
| Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | Mme Lili Grenier | 1888 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83444 | SPC38.1990 | Franz Koenigs, HarlemGalerie des Arts Anciens et Modernes, Schaan, LiechtensteinWilliam S. Paley. Acquired from Galerie des Arts Anciens et Modernes, 1958The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990 |
| Paul Cézanne | L'Estaque | 1879-83 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80302 | 716.1959 | Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939), Paris [1]; Claude Monet (1840-1926), Giverny, March 1896 [2]; by inheritance to Michel Monet (1878-1966), Giverny, 1926 [3]; [André Weil, Paris] [4]. Bernheim-Jeune, Paris [5]; on consignment to Jacques Seligmann & Co., Paris/New York and Knoedler Galleries, London/New York, 1935 [6]; sold to Valentine Dudensing, New York, 1935 [7]; sold to William S. Paley (1901-1990), New York, 1935 [8]; The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1959.[1] John Rewald et al., The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York: H.N. Abrams, 1996, no. 443 (L"Estaque, 1879-83). William Rubin and Matthew Armstrong, eds., The William S. Paley Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Feb 2-May 7, 1992, no. 14; see also p. 28.[2] Ibid.[3] Ibid. [4] John Rewald et al., |
| Paul Cézanne | Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat | 1875-76 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/83368 | SPC5.1990 | The artistPaul Cézanne (artist"s son), ParisMarie Harriman Gallery, New York Mr. and Mrs. William S. Paley, New York. Purchased from Marie Harriman Gallery, 1935William S. Paley Foundation The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990 |
| Georges-Pierre Seurat | The Channel at Gravelines, Evening | summer 1890 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80354 | 785.1963 | Estate of the artist (Madeleine Knobloch), Paris, 1881 [1]; sold to Veuve (Sylvie) Monnom (1836-1921), Brussels, 1892 [2]; to Marie (née Monnom) (1866-1959) and Théo (1862-1926) van Rijsselberghe, Brussels, by 1904 until at least 1909 [3]. [Galerie Druet, Paris, 1913] [4]; [Félix Fénéon, Paris] [5]; [Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Düsseldorf] [6]. Sold through Gösta A. Olson, Stockholm to Rolf de Maré, Stockholm/Paris, 1918 (in de Maré"s possession until at least 1936) [7]; sold to Paul Rosenberg, Paris [8]; confiscated during the Nazi occupation by the ERR (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg), 1941 [9]; traded by Hermann Goering"s agent Andreas Hofer to Hans Wendland and Theodor Fischer, Lucerne, in exchange for objects acquired for the Goering collection, April 1942 [10]; turned over by Fischer at the request of the Swiss government to the collecting point at the Kunstmuseum Bern, 1945 [11]; returned to Paul Rosenberg, New York, June 1948 [12]; sold to William A. M. Burden, New York, October 1948 [13]; acquired by The Museum of Modern Art, New York (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden), 1963.[1] Included in the 7th Salon des Artistes Indépendants, Pavillon de la Ville de Paris, March 20-April 27, 1891 no. 1106 (see de Hauke 1961, Seurat et son oeuvre, Paris: Gründ, 1961, p. 227).[2] Henri Dorra and John Rewald, eds., Seurat: L’Oeuvre peint, biographie et catalogue critique, Paris: Les Beaux-Arts, 1959, no. 203: "Monnom, Bruxelles (acquis pour 400 francs en 1892)." Included in the 8th Salon des Artistes Indépendants, Pavillon de la Ville de Paris, March 19-April 27, 1892, no. 1107: "Prêté par M. Monnom." (see de Hauke 1961, p. 228). |
| Constantin Brancusi | Young Bird | Paris 1928 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/81505 | 498.1964 | The artist [1]; acquired by Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1955 [2]; sold to William A. M. Burden, New York, 1955 [3]; Gift of William A. M. and Margaret Burden, New York, 1964 (donors retaining a life interest).[1] On loan from the artist to the exhibition Brancusi, Brummer Gallery, November 17, 1933-January 13, 1934, no. 11; exhibited at the Rumanian Pavilion of the World Fair, New York, 1939.[2] Collection files, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.[3] Collection files, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. |
| Piet Mondrian | Trafalgar Square | 1939-43 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79879 | 510.1964 | The artist; Harry Holtzman (Piet Mondrian Estate), New York, 1944 [1]; sold to John L. Senior, Jr., New York / Danbury, Conn., 1950 [2]; sold to Sidney Janis, New York, May 24, 1957 [3]; sold to William A. M. Burden and Margaret Livingston Partridge Burden, New York, June 1957 [4]; acquired by The Museum of Modern Art, New York (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden), 1964.[1] Lender to the exhibitions Piet Mondrian, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 21-May 13, 1945]; no. 50; Piet Mondriaan, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, November-December, 1946, no. 119; Piet Mondrian, 1872-1944, Kunsthalle Basel, February 6-March 2, 1947, no. 4; Piet Mondrian Paintings 1910 Through 1944, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, October 10-November 12, 1949, no. 28.[2] See Robert P. Welsh, and Joop M. Joosten, |
| Robert Delaunay | The Three Windows, the Tower and the Wheel | 1912 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79487 | 339.1985 | 1912 - 1941, Robert Delaunay, Paris.1941 - 1951, Sonia Delaunay-Terk, Paris, inherited from her husband Robert Delaunay.1951 - 1953, Galerie Bing, Paris, acquired from Sonia Delaunay-Terk,1953(?) - 1984, William A.M. Burden, New York, probably purchased from Galerie Bing.1985, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as gift from the estate of William A.M. Burden (Margaret Livingston Partridge Burden). |
| Pablo Picasso | Two Acrobats with a Dog | 1905 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/35378 | 223.1985 | Galerie Thannhauser, ParisWright Ludington, Santa Barbara, CaliforniaMr. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden, New YorkThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden, 1985 |
| Henri Matisse | Composition | Issy-les-Moulineaux, 1915 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79523 | 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 |
| Henri Matisse | The Blue Window | Issy-les-Moulineaux, summer 1913 | http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79350 | 273.1939 | The artist, Paris; acquired by Karl Ernst Osthaus (1874-1921) for the Folkwang Museum, Hagen, Germany, 1913 [1]; Estate of Karl Ernst Osthaus, Hagen, 1921-1922; acquisition of Osthaus" Hagen Collection by the Folkwang Museum Association, Essen, 1922 [2]; removed as "degenerate art" by the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, 1937 [3]; on consignment to Karl Buchholz, Berlin; to Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York; acquired by The Museum of Modern Art, April 13, 1939 (Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund) [4]. [1] Laurie Stein, "The History and Reception of Matisse"s Bathers with a Turtle in Germany, 1908-1939," Henri Matisse. Bathers with Turtle, The Saint Louis Art Museum Bulletin(Fall 1998), p. 54. The painting was shipped from Paris on November 27, 1913. It arrived in Hagen at the end of December (letter Karl Ernst Osthaus to Henri Matisse, December 30, 1913, KEO-Archive, NACI 184/1-2). [2] Ulrike Laufer, "Transfer der Folkwang-Sammlungen nach Essen," "Das schönste Museum der Welt," Sammlung Folkwang bis 1933, Hartwig Fischer, ed., exh. cat. Essen: Folkwang Museum, 2010, pp. 179-190. [3] EK no. 3688: Stillleben, blaues Zimmer. One of 139 paintings removed from the Folkwang Essen in July and August 1937 (exh. cat. Folkwang 2010, p. 348). [4] Included in the exhibition |
