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Sep 15, 2022

Provenances that mention Beyeler (Getty Provenance Index)

, Juan Gris, Mandolin and Fruit Dish, Gift of Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., inv 67.1161  

In this post, a few provenances that mention Beyeler are gathered.

(Titles may have changed.)

Getty Provenance Index Public Collections Database 19MARCH2021
Provenance of Paintings Record 10627
GRIS, JUAN
Still Life with a Guitar
Boston, MA, Museum of Fine Arts
67.1161
canvas

Gris, Juan. Paris, France (the artist)

Simon, Galerie. Paris, France

by 1960 - still in 1961
Thompson, G. David. Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

1961 - 1967
Pulitzer, Joseph, Jr.. Saint Louis, MO, USA

1967 -
Boston, MA, USA. Museum of Fine Arts (gift of Pulitzer)
Provenance of Paintings Record 10819
KIRCHNER, ERNST LUDWIG
Mountain Landscape from Clavadel
Boston, MA, Museum of Fine Arts
56.13
canvas

Kirchner, Ernest Ludwig, estate of (estate of the artist, who d.1938)

Beyeler, Galerie (executor of Kirchner estate?)

- 1956
Silberman, (E. and Abris), Galleries. New York, NY, USA (from Beyeler)

1956 -
Boston, MA, USA. Museum of Fine Arts (from Silberman?)
Provenance of Paintings Record 19766
GRIS, JUAN
Mandolin and Pipe
Hanover, NH, Hood Museum of Art
P.959.128
canvas

Kahnweiler, Daniel-Henry. Paris, France

Simon, Galerie. Paris, France

by 1925 -
Reber, Gottlieb Friedrich, Dr.. Lausanne, Schweiz (d.1959)

Fritsch, Irmgart, Mlle.. Lausanne, Schweiz

Gasser, Galerie. Zürich, Schweiz

Hadorn, Walter, Prof. Dr.. Bern, Schweiz

Hutton, (Leonard), Galleries. New York, NY, USA

Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

Bruxelles, Belgique. Anonymous collection

- 1959
Lachman, Charles R., Mr. and Mrs.. New York, NY, USA

1959 -
Hanover, NH, USA. Hood Museum of Art (gift of Lachman)
Provenance of Paintings Record 3721
MONET, CLAUDE
Water-Lilies
London, England, National Gallery
6343
canvas

- 1926
Monet, Claude. Giverny, France (the artist; d.1926)

1926 - still in ca. 1945
Monet, Claude, heirs of. Giverny, France (by inheritance; painting remained in Monet's studio until after WWII)

by 1956 -
Granoff, Katia. Paris, France (possibly from Monet heirs, who sold other paintings to her ca. 1950)

by 1962 - 1963
Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

1963 -
London, England, UK. National Gallery (from Galerie Beyeler)
Provenance of Paintings Record 2552
CÉZANNE, PAUL
Portrait of Anthony Valabrègue
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty Museum
85.PA.45
canvas

by 1911 -
Doria, François, Comte. Château d'Orrouy, France

Pellerin, Auguste. Paris, France

by 1936 - still in 1939
Pellerin, Jean Victor. Paris, France (by inheritance?)

Wildenstein (?). London, England, UK; New York, NY, USA; Paris, France

1980/10/22 (0021)
Meyer sale (Sotheby Parke Bernet) New York
by 1962 - 1980
Meyer, André. France; New York, NY, USA (from Wildenstein?; d.1979)

1980 - 1985
Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz (bought at Meyer sale)

1985 -
Los Angeles, CA, USA. J. Paul Getty Museum (from Galerie Beyeler
Provenance of Paintings Record 25501
CÉZANNE, PAUL
L'éternel féminin
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty Museum
87.PA.79
canvas

by 1907 - 1929
Pellerin, Auguste. Paris, France

1929 - still in 1939
Pellerin, Jean Victor. Paris, France (by inheritance)

by 1947 - 1954
Wildenstein. London, England, UK; New York, NY, USA; Paris, France

1954 - still in 1959
Niarchos, Stavros S.. Paris, France (loaned painting to an exhibition in January 1959)

1959 -
Hecht, Harold (?). Beverly Hills, CA, USA (loaned painting to an exhibition at Wildenstein in New York, November 1959)
[This information not included on Getty central file sheet, thus the question.]

by 1963 -
Wildenstein (?). London, England, UK; New York, NY, USA; Paris, France (painting exhibited at Wildenstein in London)
[according to Getty central file sheet 12-1988, painting loaned to exhibition by Wildenstein, but this information not included in file sheet of 12-1989; cannot find copy of catalogue to verify. If Hecht owned the painting when it was exhibited at Wildenstein in 1959, then he probably was the lender at this exhibition as well.]

1963 - still in 1964
Hecht, Harold. Beverly Hills, CA, USA (may have had painting since 1959)

by 1970 -
New York, NY, USA. Anonymous collection

- 1973
Wildenstein. London, England, UK; New York, NY, USA; Paris, France

1973 - still in 1980(?)
Goulandris, John, Mrs.. New York, NY, USA

- 1987
Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

1987 -
Los Angeles, CA, USA. J. Paul Getty Museum (from Galerie Beyeler)
Provenance of Paintings Record 54689
MONET, CLAUDE
The Portal of Rouen Cathedral in Morning Light
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty Museum
2001.33
canvas

- 1895
Monet, Claude. Giverny, France

1895 - 1895
Durand-Ruel, buying for Gonse. New York, NY, USA; Paris, France (from Monet)

1895 - 1921
Gonse, Louis. Paris, France (buying through Durand-Ruel)

- 1962
Gonse, Emmanuel, Mme. (née Suzanne Boas). Paris, France (by inheritance; daughter-in-law of Louis Gonse)

- 1962
Durand-Ruel. New York, NY, USA; Paris, France (from Gonse)

1962 -
19th and 20th Century French Art, Inc. (Sam Salz). New York, NY, USA (from Durand Ruel)

in ca. 1968
Vogel, Edwin C.. New York, NY, USA

in ca. 1971
19th and 20th Century French Art, Inc. (Sam Salz). New York, NY, USA

in ca. 1972
Goulandris, Basil P.. Schweiz

Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

Fujikawa Gallery. Tokyo, Japan

[Unknown]

- 2001
Acquavella Contemporary Art, Inc.. New York, NY, USA

2001 -
Los Angeles, CA, USA. J. Paul Getty Museum (from Acquavella)
Provenance of Paintings Record 5256
RENOIR, PIERRE AUGUSTE
Portrait of Albert Cahen d'Anvers
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty Museum
88.PA.133
canvas

1881 -
Cahen d'Anvers, Albert (original commission; the sitter; d.1903)

Cahen d'Anvers, Hubert (presumably by inheritance)

- ca. 1971
Cahen d'Anvers family (by inheritance)

Steegman, Joseph, Dr.. Zürich, Schweiz

Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz
[sold to Geneva, anon coll in 1984?]

1984 -
Genève, Schweiz. Anonymous collection
[from Beyeler??]

- 1988
Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

1988 -
Los Angeles, CA, USA. J. Paul Getty Museum (from Beyeler)
Provenance of Paintings Record 5815
KANDINSKY, WASSILY
Study for Improvisation V
Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
67.34.2
wood

Jawlensky, Helene von, Mrs.. Ascona, Schweiz

Abels, Anne. Köln, Deutschland

- 1967
Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

1967 - 1967
Dayton, Bruce B., Mr. and Mrs.. Minneapolis, MN, USA

1967 -
Minneapolis, MN, USA. Minneapolis Institute of Arts (gift of Dayton)
Provenance of Paintings Record 5705
MANET, EDOUARD
Le Fumeur (The Smoker)
Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
68.79
canvas

1888/06/06 (0001)
Pertuiset sale (Tual, Escribe) Paris [as "La Bonne Pipe"]
by 1866 - 1888
Pertuiset, M.. Paris, France

1888 -
Bloch, Isidore. Paris, France

Durand-Ruel. New York, NY, USA; Paris, France (Durand-Ruel in Paris)

Milliken, E.F.. New York, NY, USA

Durand-Ruel. New York, NY, USA; Paris, France (Durand-Ruel in New York)

in 1907
Whitney, Helen Hay Payne, Mrs.. New York, NY, USA

Miller, C. MacCulloch, Mrs.. New York, NY, USA

Tribune Gallery. New York, NY, USA

- 1968
Schweiz. Anonymous collection

1968 - 1968
Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

1968 - 1968
Dayton, Bruce B., Mr. and Mrs.. Minneapolis, MN, USA

1968 -
Minneapolis, MN, USA. Minneapolis Institute of Arts (gift of Dayton)
Provenance of Paintings Record 27811
PICASSO, PABLO
Bust of a Woman
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon Museum
M.1970.5.16.P
canvas

- 1966
Picasso, Pablo. Cannes, France

Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

Rosenberg, (Paul), and Co.. London, England, UK; New York, NY, USA; Paris, France

1967 - 1970
Hunt Foods and Industries

1970 -
Pasadena, CA, USA. Norton Simon Museum (from Hunt Foods)
Provenance of Paintings Record 27569
PICASSO, PABLO
Women of Algiers I
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon Museum
M.1986.3.P
canvas

Rosenberg
[assumably the dealer Paul Rosenberg]

Frua de Angeli, Carlo. Milano, Italia (d.1972)

Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

1973 - 1986
Los Angeles, CA, USA. Norton Simon Foundation

1986 - 1986
Los Angeles, CA, USA. Norton Simon Art Foundation

1986 -
Pasadena, CA, USA. Norton Simon Museum (from Norton Simon Art Foundation)
Provenance of Paintings Record 17073
PICASSO, PABLO
Nude Woman
Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art
1972.46.1
canvas

- 1939(?)
Pierre, Galerie. Paris, France
[additional non-provenance: painting bears a label with Gertrude Stein's and Alice Toklas' 1938 address, but several sources deny that it ever belonged to them.]

1939 -
Callery, Meric, Mrs.. New York, NY, USA; Boulogne-sur-Seine, France (apparently from Pierre)

1960 - 1972
Frua de Angeli, Carlo. Milano, Italia (d.1972)

1972 - 1972
Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz (from Frua de Angeli estate)
[according to a letter from Douglas Cooper in Washington NG file, painting was at Beyeler for over a decade, but they were unable to sell it. According to Beyeler, it was in Frua de Angeli's collection until his death in 1972, and was purchased from the estate in May 1972. The writer sounded pretty annoyed at Cooper's allegations that the painting was trash and denied that it had been sitting around for ten years. Since the Cooper story sounds a bit fishy (why would NGDC spend big bucks on a painting nobody wanted?), I'm ignoring it and going by Beyeler's version.]

1972 -
Washington, DC, USA. National Gallery of Art (from Beyeler; formerly acc.no. 2631)

 

Mountain Landscape from Clavadel, Kirchner, Inv 56.13, Boston MFA
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/33551

Study for Improvisation V, Kandinsky, Inv. 67.34.2, 
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1639/study-for-improvisation-v-vassily-kandinsky










Apr 3, 2020

Curt Valentin in provenances at the Harvard Art Museums




- The Persistent Crime of Nazi-Looted Art, by Sophie Gilbert, in The AtlanticLooted Art



The director of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, Alfred H. Barr Jr. used art dealer Curt Valentin as an intermediary to secretly purchase artworks confiscated by Nazis from German museums. What else did Barr and other American museums directors purchase through Valentin?

In this next series of posts, we will look at the provenances of artworks that mention Curt Valentin. 

An interesting exercise for young art historians and provenances researchers is to examine each provenance with the questions: 

1) Who owned this artwork before Curt Valentin? 

2) Are there provenance gaps for the years 1933-1945?

3) What share of artworks that mention Curt Valentin in the provenance lack information about sellers, dates and places for the Nazi years? (0-25%; 26-50%; 51%-75%; 76%-100%).

4) What possible explanations might there be for the observations in 3)?

5) What actions does this suggest?


1. Mentions of Curt Valentin in the provenances of artworks at the Harvard Art Museums








See  Valentin Harvard Art Museums Provenance



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for more information on Curt Valentin's role in bringing European art into American museums, see:

MoMA’s Problematic Provenances by William D. Cohan published November 17, 2011 by Artnews