| 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
La Sultane
Oil on canvas
96 x 74.5 cm
Signed and inscribed lower left: à l'ami Adrien Marx Manet
Rouart/Wildenstein 175
In 1961, the Manet was published under the title: "Woman in Oriental Dress"
The provenance, written by Douglas Cooper, stated:
"with Paul Cassirer, Berlin; Max Silberberg, Breslau; with a New York dealer; bt. by Emil Bührle in 1952."
The photo of the Manet and the provenance were published in the exhibition catalogue: Masterpieces of French painting from the Bührle Collection
The changes one observes between 1961 and 2019 include:
- replacing New York dealer with Paul Rosenberg
- adding question marks and doubts about Max Silberberg's ownership, based on speculation by the author
- inserting "Art Market" between Silberberg and Rosenberg
Excerpt from the 2019 provenance published by Bührle collection and preserved in the Wayback Machine
This sentence published in 2019 by the Bührle collection stands out since it has been proven beyond a doubt that Silberberg owned the painting:
When the most valuable paintings from Silberberg's collection were auctioned in Paris on 9 June 1932, Manet's Sultane was not among them, which might be understood as an indication that the painting was never really and completely owned by Silberberg, and that it therefore went back to the Durand-Ruel Gallery in Paris.
