Showing posts with label Transatlantic art market. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Transatlantic art market. Show all posts

Oct 10, 2019

Nazi Looted Art and the Fight for Open Data


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In 2000 the American newspaper Chicago Tribune examined the struggle to publish long hidden Holocaust-related art looting archives. 


The article, "KEY TO ART NAZIS STOLE MAY BE LOCKED AWAY"written by journalist and history professor Ron Grossman, recounts the struggle to provide open access to:


 a massive cache of World War II records documenting Nazi looting of works by some of the greatest artists in history 
The context of the article is that a United States government commission on Holocaust reparations is preparing to issue its final report, and there is fear that these crucial archives, which had been marked classified and locked away, will remain inaccessible despite the efforts of the Presidential Commission. The Commission is planning to publish a public database, but there are problems. Additional government funding is needed. A deadline looms.

Sep 30, 2019

Otto Wertheimer Galerie Les Tourettes

Otto Wertheimer was an art dealer who owned Galerie Les Tourettes.

(photo: Hercules and the Lion, Boston Museum of Fine Arts)

The (always informative) RKD says Otto Wertheimer was born about 1878 in Germany and died in 1972 or 73 in Paris. It lists 41 artworks (see below) that belonged to Wertheimer.


Dec 21, 2018

Edward Speelman in America

Landscape with a Wheatfield. 

Jacob van Ruisdael



Below is a partial list of artworks which arrived in American museums in part thanks to the work of  UK art dealer Edward Speelman. (source: Getty Provenance Index Public Collections).


Even incomplete, the Getty Provenance Index Public Collections list gives a good idea of the role of Speelman in forming American collections, including:
  • 17 paintings at the J. P. Getty Museum
  • 15 paintings at the Norton Simon
  • 3 painting in Boston MFA and Saint Louis
  • and more
To see the complete, up-to-date list go to the museums' websites. See also "The Legacy of Edward Speelman"

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GPI: Speelman in Provenance
InstitutionArtist NameTitleAccession No.
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty MuseumHOOCH, PIETER DE (Dutch)A Woman Preparing Bread and Butter for a Boy84.PA.47
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty MuseumGENTILESCHI, ORAZIO (Italian)Rest on the Flight into Egypt71.PA.12 [deaccessioned]
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty MuseumRUBENS, PETER PAUL (Flemish), workshopThe Meeting of David and Abigail73.PA.68
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty MuseumLISSE, DIRCK VAN DER (Dutch)Landscape with Bacchanalian Procession72.PB.12
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty MuseumREMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (Dutch)An Old Man in Military Costume78.PB.246
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty MuseumRUISDAEL, JACOB VAN (Dutch)Landscape with Wheat Field83.PA.278
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty MuseumHOLBEIN, HANS (THE YOUNGER) (German), attributedAllegory with Horse and Rider80.PB.72
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty MuseumCUYP, AELBERT (Dutch)A View of the Maas at Dordrecht83.PB.272
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty MuseumBORCH, GERARD TER (II) (Dutch)A Maid Milking a Cow in a Barn83.PB.232
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty MuseumSTEEN, JAN (Dutch)The Drawing Lesson83.PB.388
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty MuseumSAENREDAM, PIETER JANSZ. (Dutch)The Interior of St. Bavo, Haarlem85.PB.225
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty MuseumKONINCK, PHILIPS DE (Dutch)Panoramic Landscape85.PA.32
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty MuseumBORCH, GERARD TER (II) (Dutch)Interior of a Stable86.PB.631
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty MuseumGOSSAERT, JAN (Netherlandish)Francisco de los Cobos (?)88.PB.43
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty MuseumSCHALCKEN, GODFRIED (Dutch)The Annunciation86.PB.464
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty MuseumBECCAFUMI, DOMENICO (Italian)Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Stigmata97.PB.25
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty MuseumBECCAFUMI, DOMENICO (Italian)The Miraculous Communion of Saint Catherine of Siena97.PB.26
Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis Institute of ArtsBRUGGHEN, HENDRICK TER (Dutch)The Gamblers60.17
Princeton, NJ, Art Museum, Princeton UniversityBATONI, POMPEO GIROLAMO (Italian)Madonna and Child in Glory77-51
Saint Louis, MO, Saint Louis Art MuseumPYNACKER, ADAM (Dutch)Landscape with a Goatherd150:1982
Saint Louis, MO, Saint Louis Art MuseumHOBBEMA, MEINDERT (Dutch)View along the Amstel1:1982
Saint Louis, MO, Saint Louis Art MuseumOSTADE, ADRIAEN VAN (Dutch)Peasants Dancing in a Tavern147:1966
Washington, DC, National Gallery of ArtWTEWAEL, JOACHIM ANTONISZ. (Dutch)Moses Striking the Rock1972.11.1
Washington, DC, National Gallery of ArtDEVIS, ARTHUR (British)Portrait of a Man1964.2.3
Boston, MA, Museum of Fine ArtsWITTE, PIETER DE (PIETRO CANDIDO) (Flemish)The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine1980.72
Boston, MA, Museum of Fine ArtsGELDER, ARENT DE (Dutch)Rest on the Flight to Egypt57.182
Boston, MA, Museum of Fine ArtsRUYSDAEL, SALOMON VAN (Dutch)View of Beverwijk1982.396
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon MuseumBIJLERT, JAN HERMANSZ. VAN (Dutch)Portrait of an Officer in ArmourM.1978.18.P
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon MuseumCLAUDE LORRAIN (CLAUDE GELLÉE) (French)Landscape with Jacob and Laban and his DaughtersM.1976.1.P
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon MuseumBERCHEM, NICOLAES PIETERSZ. (Dutch)A Pastoral SceneF.1972.15.4.P
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon MuseumFYT, JAN (Flemish)Still Life with Red CurtainF.1972.36.3.P
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon MuseumGOYEN, JAN JOSEPHSZ. VAN (Dutch)A River Landscape with a View of OverschieF.1969.49.P
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon MuseumKEYSER, THOMAS DE (Dutch), circlePortrait of a ManF.1972.15.3.1.P
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon MuseumKEYSER, THOMAS DE (Dutch), circlePortrait of a WomanF.1972.15.3.2.P
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon MuseumMAES, NICOLAES (Dutch)A Family Portrait with a View of DordrechtF.1972.15.2.P
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon MuseumMAGNASCO, ALESSANDRO (LISSANDRINO) (Italian)Interior with MonksF.1973.34.1.P
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon MuseumMETSU, GABRIEL (Dutch)Woman at her ToiletteF.1972.15.1.P
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon MuseumMOILLON, LOUISE (French)Still Life with Cherries, Strawberries, and GooseberriesF.1972.36.2.P
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon MuseumNEER, AERT VAN DER (Dutch)Winter Scene with Figures Playing GolfF.1972.35.P
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon MuseumSAVERY, ROELANDT (Dutch)Landscape with Animals and BirdsF.1972.36.1.P
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon MuseumVERSPRONCK, JOHANNES CORNELISZ. (Dutch)Portrait of a LadyF.1973.34.2.P
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon MuseumSAVERY, ROELANDT (Dutch)Landscape with Animals and BirdsF.1972.36.1.P
New York, NY, Frick CollectionBRUEGEL, PIETER (THE ELDER) (Flemish)The Three Soldiers65.1.163


see also : the Legacy of Edward Speelman


Nov 18, 2018

Allen Loebl


"LOEBL was LOHSE's adviser and intermediary in a substantial number of transactions, and "spotted" pictures for him" 
https://www.dfs.ny.gov/consumer/holocaust/history_art_looting_restitution/The%20Allies/OSS%20and%20the%20ALIU/ALIU%20Reports/bruno_lohse.pdf


Who Was Allen Loebl? (Also: Ali Loebl) What was his role at Galerie Kleinberger in Paris? What was his relationship with Harry G. Sperling at F. Kleinberger & Co. in New York? What were his relations with the Nazi and SS ERR art looter Bruno Lohse? Why did he appear so many times on the Art Looting Investigation Unit Red Flag list?

Oct 22, 2018

Explorations of Art Market Networks as LOD

Linked Jazz Triple Builder: a start for Goepel
In an earlier post, we explored the Nazi era art market network formed by Göpel (Goepel), Wuester, Holzapfel, Lefranc, Mandl, Birtschansky and Bloch. Is it possible to express their relationships and actions as linked open data?

How to formalize the relationships between these art market professionals and opportunists?

Does it make sense to approach the representation of this network as a kind of prosopography?

May 15, 2018

Fritz Mont, Frederick Mondschein and Galerie Sanct Lucas

What does it mean to find the names Fritz Mont, Fritz Mondschein, Frederick Mondschein or Frederick Mont in the provenance of an artwork?

The Getty has a record for MONT Inc

biography

Born in Vienna in 1894, Frederick Mont, also known as A. F.  Mondschein or Frederick Mondschein or Adolf Fritz Mondschein, emigrated to the United States in the 1930s. Mont aka Mondschein owned the Galerie Sanct Lucas and counted among his clients many US museums. He had close relationships with American dealer Victor Spark (1898-1991) and the Newhouse Galleries. Mont played an important role in the transatlantic art trade. The names Mont, Mondschein, and Sanct Lucas appear in several artworks listed on NEPIP, the Nazi Era Provenance Research Portal.

(source: Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America)
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see also:
Galerie Sanct Lucas
Newhouse Galleries
Spark, Victor David, 1898-1991