Showing posts with label WWII art history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WWII art history. Show all posts

Sep 24, 2018

Disambiguating the Balls

Is it possible to mix URIs from many sources and obtain something intelligible?
https://tb.semlab.io/share/BALL

BALL, an art dealing family operating in Dresden, Berlin, Paris, New York 

see: Firma Hermann Ball, Firma Ball, Graupe und Ball, A & R Ball, Hermann Ball, Alexander Ball, Richard Ball  

Hermann (Hirsch) Ball (1857 - 1924) and his sons Richard (born 1892) and Alexander operated an art dealership in Dresden, specializing in old masters, furniture and porcelain. The Firma Ball was registered in the Dresden Business Register in 1903 by Hermann Ball. His sons Richard and Alexander Ball joined the business in 1919.*

Alexander Ball, as noted in a previous post, was flagged by the OSS Art Looting Investigation Unit in 1946 for having working closely with notorious art looter Karl Haberstock during the Nazi era.

Yet it is difficult to find out much about him.

Born in Germany, Alexander Ball (also known as Alexandre Ball, Alex Ball or A. Ball) worked in France, before escaping to the USA. In NY, he set up a dealership with his brother Richard Ball, known as  A. and R. Ball, (A&R Ball, A. & R. Ball, etc).

Jan 11, 2017

Nazi looted art in Dutch museums

What is the painting’s provenance?

In 2009  the Dutch Museum Association began an investigation into artworks that had been stolen, confiscated or sold under duress during the Nazi era between 1933 and the end of the Second World War.  (***More recent link to investigation***)

163 museums out of 400 took part. (SEE MUSEUMS)  (***More recent link to MUSEUMS***)

http://www.museumacquisitions.nl/en/10/home/
http://www.museumacquisitions.nl/en/10/home/


A report on the progress of research into Nazi looted art and duress sales was written by Prof. dr. Rudi E.O. Ekkart and drs. Helen C.M. Schretlen (Publication: Museumvereniging, 2014) and is available here:


 The results of the research conducted by each museum have been posted on the website http://www.museumacquisitions.nl,

SEARCH ITEMS HERE   

https://www.musealeverwervingen.nl/en/46/objects/


The following items were identified in the Dutch Museum Report as having potentially problematic provenances.
 (source : https://www.museumvereniging.nl/Portals/0/6-Publicaties/Bestanden/MV_Herkomstonderzoek_DEF.pdf

Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, Amersfoort
– C.M. Dijkman, Mill
– J.D. Scherft, View of a Church in a Village
– A. Huissem, Landscape
– F.H. Mondriaan, Woodland Path in Haagse Bos
– Anonymous, Portrait Nicolaas Rockox
– Anonymous, Portrait of Adriana Perez

Oct 24, 2016

Hello world: New site for gathering useful links for provenance research

Links to searchable data bases will be added gradually. The aim is to make it easier for anyone who wants to research provenance to do so.
This is an open project. If you would like to contribute, please leave a message or contact through the site.
Thank you.