Showing posts with label Max Silberberg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Max Silberberg. Show all posts

Oct 22, 2024

Max Silberberg owned Manet's La Sultane from 1928 to 1937, according to the Kunsthaus Zürich

Young Woman in Oriental Garb (1871) - Edouard Manet (Kunsthaus Zürich)

The provenance of Manet's La Sultane, also known as Woman in Oriental Garb, has changed so often that it can be hard to keep up. The ownership by Holocaust victim Max Silberberg, which was challenged and undermined by speculation in previous iterations of the provenance published by the Bührle Foundation, has now been definitively confirmed by the Kunsthaus Zürich. 

Silberberg owned the painting continuously from 1928 to 1937.

The Kunsthaus Zürich publishes a page with "drawers" of documents and information from the collection.

https://www.kunsthaus.ch/en/buehrle-provenance-drawers/

Jun 25, 2024

Graupe in provenance texts of American museums

When Meules de blé appeared for sale, Christie’s was privileged to have researched the history of this work and facilitated a settlement agreement between the Cox Collection and the heir of Max Meirowsky as well as the heirs of Alexandrine de Rothschild, illustrating the complexity of restitution cases and losses due to Nazi persecution. It was offered on 11 November 2021 pursuant a settlement agreement

The Paul Graupe auction house was a key player in sales of Jewish art collections during the Nazi-era.

In this post, we look at a selection of  88 artworks in American museums that mention "Graupe" in the provenance text.

 Some texts refer to sales prior to 1933. Some texts specify that an artwork was NOT sold at Graupe's. And some texts clearly refer to sales at Graupe's during the Nazi era. Some texts are factual while others contain speculative language.

Oct 4, 2023

Comparing 1961 and May 30 2019 provenances for Manet's La Sultane in the Bührle collection

How many times did the provenance change?
Word/Phrase 1961 Catalogue Count 2019 Bürhle website Count
dealer 1 0
silberberg 1 9
? 0 2
art market 0 1
by 0 7
rosenberg 0 5
might 0 1
until 0 1
no documents 0 1
was never really and completely owned by Silberberg 0 1

Edouard Manet

Young Woman in Oriental Garb

ca. 1871