"Definitely not a reliable or trustworthy source for cataloguing"
What does it mean to find Arthur Pfannstiel in a provenance or as the author of a reference?
Showing posts with label provenance errors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label provenance errors. Show all posts
Oct 28, 2024
Sep 28, 2023
Lady with a Fan, Lady with a False Provenance
When Max Emden's grandson, Juan Carlos Emden, found, in Australia, the painting that had belonged to his family before Hitler came to power, he knew the provenance was wrong.
Apr 8, 2022
Did the Musée de l'Orangerie make a spelling error in the name of a Holocaust victim in the provenance of this Cézanne?
Max Silberberg was a Jewish art collector in Breslau murdered by the Nazis.
Is he the same person as "Silbergerg" in the provenance text of "Fruits, serviette et boîte à lait" by Paul Cézanne?
Mar 19, 2021
Suspicious provenance errors: Manet's Mellon
Mrs Kurt Riezler (née Käthe Liebermann, daughter of Max Liebermann) was previously mis-identified as Liezler
Why does it matter? Because her family was persecuted by the Nazis and she herself was a refugee.
EDOUARD MANET
The Melon, c. 1880
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