Graupe in provenance texts of American museums

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.

Holocaust victims in the provenances include:

- Friedrich Gutmann (murdered)

- Max Silberberg (murdered)

- Rosa Oppenheimer (murdered)

Where possible, post-Graupe dealers and owners are highlighted in yellow.

Graupe	Museum
43	National Gallery of Art
26	Metropolitan Museum of Art
7	Yale University Art Gallery
3	Harvard Art Museums
2	J. Paul Getty Museum
2	Cleveland Museum of Art
2	Philadelphia Museum of Art
2	Art Institute of Chicago
1	The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
88

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