Knoedler Commission Books: Book 4 CA2091-CA3809

Commission book 4: CA2091-CA3809, 1943 January-1951 January

M. Knoedler & Co.

1943 January-1951 January, M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971. Series III. Commission books

Commission book 4: CA2091-CA3809

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Knoedler Commission book 4 Names Index "A"

Knoedler Commission Book : ” Consolidated Index (uncorrected transcription by AI)

A

Name	Numbers / References
Albus, Charles	A1786
Art Institute of Chicago	A1932, 2378, 2604
Ackermann, Arthur & Son	9199, A2352, A2363/64, 3340, 36946–37419
Aitken, Grant	92074
Albright Art Museum	A1084
Amory, Mrs. Harcourt	2116, 2705, 2706
Amster, Mrs. N.L.	2251/2
Amory, Mrs. John Singleton	2406–7
Art in America	2414–15
Arnold, Mrs. Weld	7576/80
Ault, Lee	2646/7, 2801, 2876, 3260, 3371, 3573, 3607
Albright Art Gallery	2620
American British Art Center	2783
Abreu, Mrs. Dolores	2918
Allen, Frederic S.	2972
Antoinette Gallery, Paris	3194
Abell, Mrs. Walter R. (Lydia Miller)	3172, 3377–3779
Acquavella Gallery, Nicholas M.	3600
Adler, A. M.	3601
Arnold, Mrs. Weld	2609
Acheson, John Futz	3686
Aldrich, Mrs. Winthrop	3744
Atlanta Art Assoc.

A-H

Knoedler Commission Book 4 — Grouped Index (A–H)

Name	Numbers / References (original notation)
Abell, Mrs. Walter R. (Lydia Miller)	3172, 3377-3779
Abreu, Mrs. Dolores	2918
Acheson, John Futz	3686
Ackermann, Arthur & Son	9199, A2352, A2363/64, 3340, 36946-37419
Acquavella Gallery, Nicholas M.	3600
Adler, A. M.	3601
Aitken, Grant	92074
Albright Art Gallery	2620
Albright Art Museum	A1084
Albus, Charles	A1786
Aldrich, Mrs. Winthrop	3744
Allen, Frederic S.	2972
Allen, Mrs. Rae Porter	2379
American British Art Center	2783
Amory, Mrs. Harcourt	2116, 2705, 2706
Amory, Mrs. John Singleton	2406-7
Amster, Mrs. N.L.	2251/2
Antoinette Gallery, Paris	3194
Arnold, Mrs. Weld	7576/80, 2609
Art in America	2414-15
Art Institute of Chicago	A1932, 2378, 2604
Atlanta Art Assoc.	nan
Ault, Lee	2646/7, 2801, 2876, 3260, 3371, 3573, 3607
Baffyamy, Countess Magil	3641–3302–3806/9
Bagley, Charles	3149, 2341
Bagley, Horace L.	2172–3
Bailey, Paddy	3164/7
Balay & Keller (Contains Gallery)	3742–3931, 3279
Balay, Roland	A1338, 9461, 9263, 9264
Ball, A.R.	3291
Balsan, Mrs. Jacques	2799–98
Baltimore Museum of Art	3560
Bamber, Mrs. Knaes	2111, 2117
Bardes, Stanley	3365/70
Battell, Mrs. Walter R.	3175, 233, 2341, A2447, A2486, T4, 2610/13, 3614/8
Bayles, Mrs. Edith Stanley	3427
Bayly, W.J.	A2361
Bechtel, Mrs. Fred	3616
Becker, Fred	2676, 2797
Becker, Martin	3441/3
Beckham, Mrs. Joseph	2701/2707
Bensel, Mrs. Philip	2583, 2626, 2834
Benson, Alexander	7077-nnnn
Benson, Richard	3460
Bernstein, Henri	7831, 7845
Bignou Gallery, Inc.	2616–2650
Bingham, A.D. Jr.	A190
Birdsong, Mrs. M.H.	2701
Bisp, Mrs. Maurice	2088, 2089, 2090
Blanchard, Peter	3032
Bland Gallery	2705, 2715
Bleeker, J. Sacha	3710, 3725
Bloch, Leon	3181, 3176/8
Blue, Mrs. H. Preston	3409
Boardman, (J.P.?)	A976 to 617
Boccasini, Albert	7916
Bond, Miss Elsie M.	2699/90
Borecolla, A.C.	3337
Borie, Mrs. Playdell	3687
Bowles, Mrs. R.	3702
Boyer, Charles	3349/9–3364
Boynton, Eugene F.	2490, 2509/9, 7911
Brand, Philip Spaulding	A1144
Brandt, Mortimer	3197
Brass, Mrs. Nils	3164–3355
Brinsmade, Estate of Josephine S.E.	M1530
Brooklyn Museum	A1955, 1539, 3127–34, 3725/34
Brown, Mrs. Oct.	9117
Brown, Mrs. Philip M.	2885
Bruguiere, Mrs. Lois	1363/3–1499
Brundrett Collection (see Mrs. L. Simpson)	2861/69
Brunemann, Mrs. Gustave	3338
Brunswick, Fred	2401
Buchanan, Martin	2136, 2137
Bucholz Gallery	2798–4997, 3001–3779
Budde, Jane A.	1948
Bull, Henry I.	A1148
Bullett, Tom C.	2678/30
Bunshaft, Mrs. Grace	A676
Burchman, A.	3458
Burkaw, Clifford V.	2160, 2161, 3405/6
Burke, Frank	1169/90
Burke, St. John	2456, 2575
Burke, Stevenson	2937
Burroughs, Mrs. Bryson	2534
Burscheidt, Estate of Albert	C2160
Butterick, Mrs. Dunbar W.	2481–2, 2512–13
Byrne, Eugene	3165
Caballos, Miel H.	2203
Capt. Thomas J.	2476–2461
Carden, Judge George (Mrs. Rae Porter, Cond.)	2418
Carlan	9193, 2535, 2536/7, 2796–2817, 3379
Carlisle, Mrs. Adele D.O.	2516
Carlisle, Mrs. Joseph M. (Bessie M.)	2515/7
Carre, Louis	9126, 1125
Carroll Estate (Chas A. Carroll)	3411
Carstairs Gallery (See Balay & Keller)	3245/5–3348/40–2846–3849–3648
Carstairs, Mrs. Carrell	3140
Cartain, Chas S.	C2976, 7
Cartain, Mrs. J.	9637/9
Cartain, Mrs. J. Isaac	A91, 1190
Cartain, Mrs. Nicola	9179/91, 1125
Cartin, Isabel	2968/70
Cartin, Mrs. Nicholas	3711–
Casadt, Gardner	2374
Cashman, Mrs. E.J.	9103, 1601/6, 1604
Catlin, Mrs. Daniel Doris	3133/35–3135/8–3197/500–3201/5–3204/1–3304/1
Chadwick, Mrs. C. Gerry	3671
Chapman, H.M.	2944–2941.5–2964–2969/70
Charles Parsons Clifford	2990/1
Charleston Museum	2673/4
Chelminski, Mrs. J.L.	C5511, 5512, 5513, 5514, 5515, 5516, 5518, 5519, 5606, 5763, 5790, 5791, 5792, 5793, 5794, C-A190, C-A702
Chessel, Ludwig	2937–3065–3105/7–3119–3300–3361–3676–3798
Childs, Chas D.	2158
Chrysler, Walter P.	2465
Clade, Francis	2336
Clarendon, Mrs. Florence P.	2269
Clark, Est. of Thos J.	2516
Clark, Mrs. Antoine L. S.Y.	2767
Clark, Mrs. Stanley	9214
Clark, Mrs. W. Irving	2517/8
Clark, Mrs. W.A.	2923–3118–3393
Clark, R.S.	2657–3946
Clark, Stephen C.	8939, 2532, 2635, 2791/2
Cleaveland, Lincoln	2412
Clement, Glenn R.	2126–3360
Clements, Charles A.	2490
Clifford, Henry	2516
Clifford, Joseph E.T.	2968/92
Cloughly, P.D.	M-2555/7
Coe, Ralph W.	2336
Coffin, Miss Marion C.	2333
Cohen, Henry	3245
Concert Presentations Inc.	2707
Concert Theatre Inc.	3246
Conner, C.E.	2787
Conover, Estate of	A2379
Constable, W.G.	2678
Conway (See Mrs. Aileen R. Whitney)	3247/8
Corbett, G.J.	3054
Corcoran Gallery	2127
Cordelin, Luigi	3433
Cordo, Charles A.	9637/9
Costet, Andre di	9126, 2169
Cowell, Mrs. Isabella M. & Mr. S.A.	9276
Cozier, Charles X.	2116, 2322–3347/9, 5376
Crabson, Hugh J.	2796, 2796
Cramer	2103, 2906
Crook, Mrs.	2426
Crowell, Miss Frances	A2372–9
Cumner, J.T.	9123
Dall & Richards	A2099, 2116, 2150, 2293
Dane, Mrs. Dwight	2953
Daneau, Louis	3320
Daniel, Charles	A3774
Daniels, Charles	1986, 2156, 2216, 2393
Daniels, Louis	2151
Daniels, Thomas L.	3267/9
Darley, Elizabeth C.	A2355
Darnell, Frederick B.	A1976
Davidson, J.A.	3745/67
Dayton, Price Leo	A2051
de Batton, Jean	A1616/9–3618
de Beersband, Bishop, Hospital	A1884
de Coppet, Andre	A1705 to 1769
De Gunzburg, Comtesse Jean	3184
De Hauke, Cesar	2776/8, 2980–3304
de Kerchove, Baroness R.	2584
de La Grange, Baroness and Mrs. Gd. Fielder	A2333
de Lieveree, Georges Serre	3668
de Murell, George	A1977
de Ruisse, Courture (Mrs. Paul)	1617
de Smirnoff, Mrs. J. Ivan	3069
de Wild, Dr. A. Martin	3181
Deane, Mrs. Thompson	A1919
del Rio, Mrs. Mary M.	xmv
Denver Art Museum	2840/1, 3300–3309/8, 3309/10, 3316–3410, 3745–3763, 3864
Dexton, Louise M.	3216
Deylar, Mrs. Barcley	2987
Deyo, Mrs. Anne S.	3107
Dickenson, Preston (No source except)	A1976
Dickley, Mr. Robert J.	2384
Dieckmann, Mrs. William B.	2156–2317
Dillon, Tom	2735
Dilworth, Mrs. Helen T.	2581
Dobbins, Miss Anne B.	2387
Donahue, Mrs. Jas P.	2278, 3454
Dorr, John Van Nostrand	2464
Dougald, Hutton	2533
Dougherty, Mrs. Marion Ansell	2589
Douglas, P.D.	3375
Doy, Paul	2536
Drager, Mrs. S.D.	A1624
Dunlach, Bros.	2545b
Dunvan Bros	A2044, A1935, 2338, 2344
Durand-Ruel	3195–3414
Earl Suzanne	2869
Eastman Memorial Foundation, Trustees of	3649/3676
Edwardes, Mrs. Malcolm	2427/8, 2451 incl.
Edwards, Estate of Isador	2805, 2823, 2894, 2906
Edwards, Mrs. James A.	2358
Eichhorn, Miss M.W.	2109
Elliot, Wm. (Mrs.)	2381, 2585/7, 2681, 2674/5, 3160, 3344
Eloise, Mrs. Wm.	2784/5
Errera, Alfred	3668
Erskine, Mrs. John	3390
Estate of Emily Vanderbilt White	2934
Estate of Florence Brinsmade	2238, 2259
Estate of H.S. Kier	A1142, 1143, 1146/7
Estate of Isabelle Rockefeller	A1184, 1185, 1186, 1261, 1268
Estate of J.H. Harding	A1729
Estate of J.P. Barrows	A1174
Estate of J.P. Morgan	A1997, 2010, 2027, 2036, 2037, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2053, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2060, 2061, 2062
Estate of Joseph Frelinghuysen	3174/5
Estate of Josephine S.E.	2153/32
Estate of Lloyd S. Roe	2994/7
Estate of Miss Connor	2123
Estate of Mrs. J.D. Simpson	A126, 127, 1189, 1190, 1940, 1945, 207, 1949, 1969/1, 2002, 2004, 1946, 1948
Estate of Mrs. Neumann	A1931, 1933
Estate of O. Rosenfeld	A1114, 1117, 1118, 1191, 1193, 1195, 1197, 1199, 1201
Estate of Timothy Eaton (Margaret W. Brinside)	2253
Estate of Walter Gay	3173
Ewart, Arthur	287/8
Ewing, Mrs. Thomas	3164
Farr, Dan	2957
Federau, Oscar	2547/8
Ferargil Gallery	2594, 2804
Ferguson, Miss Frances	2177
Ferragamo, Miss Amalia	A1688
Field, St. Marshall	3268/73
Fine Arts Associates	2483, 2659, 2749, 2797, 3707
Flagg, Murd A.	A1613
Fleischmann, Julius	2645
Fleischmann, Mrs. Udo M. (Jeanne K.)	A1341, 2741, 1357 incl.
Fleming, J.	3441
Fosburgh, Jas. W. – Peter W. – Hugh W.	2631
Foster, Palmer	3366
Frank, Karl August	2850
Frant, James L.	2635
Frederic W. Clifford Jr.	2990/1
Freedman, Charles	2994
Frelinghuysen, Estate of Joseph S.	3174/5
Frelinghuysen, Mrs. P.H.B.	2552
French Art Gallery	2599, 2671, 3043/5, 3614
Frey, Mrs. Ely P.	2935
Frost and Reed	A1198
Fuchs, Emil	2527
Funcke, Mrs. Reginald	2607
Galerie Rosenqvist	A1607/7, 1610, 1613, 1616, 1618, 1619, 1621, 1627, 1645
Gallatin, Albert	A1962-1666
Gedde, Mrs. Grace M.	3397/8-3415/8
Gelaine, Maych	3784/5
Geller, Mrs. William	2660
Georg, June H.	3413
Gibbs, C. Graham	2727
Gibson, Mrs. Douglas	3676-3678, 3744
Gibson, Mrs. Howard	3601, 3727/7
Giles, Mrs. Nancy	2966
Gillette, Henry S.	2693/4
Goderesband, Bishop de Hospital	A1886
Goetz, Richard	2534, 2736
Gonsold, Felix	3360
Gorelle, Leo	2974, 2751/2
Gorson, A.H.	A1348
Gorsuch, Edith	A1646
Gottleman, Rudolph	2939
Graham, Mrs. E.N.	3431
Grand Central Galleries	2744-2747, 3066-3199
Grand Rapids Art Gallery	3546, 3731
Grange, Baroness L. and Mrs. Gd. Fiedener	A1233
Gray, J.A.	2538
Greenberg, Sara	2624/1
Greenfield, J.A.	A1791
Grey, Mr. & Mrs. Austin	C6004
Griffith, Lanton	2738
Grosvenor, Mrs. R.	A1779
Grover, Mrs. O.J.	A1644
Gry, Walter, Estate of	3120
Guild, Mrs. Kingdom	A1971, 2113
Gurbee, Col. M. Edgar	3190-3250
Gurney, Estate of J.J.	A1711, 1712, 1770, 1917, 1920, 1970, 1972, 1965, 3126/1, 3235
Gutman, Maria	2472, 2531-2616, 2762, 2765, 2769/2, 2775
Halcar, Alfred W. & Co.	2425, 2570/1
Halpert, Edith G.	2135, 2146
Hamilton, Capt. Geo. H.	2420
Hammond, Mrs. Harris	2799
Hammond, Mrs. Taylor	2973/4
Harding, Charles B., Laura Harding and Catherine Harding Tailer	2489
Harold, Edwin	2676-2704
Harper, Edward Jr.	3767
Harrison, Taylor	2760
Haseltine, Herbert	2706-3707
Hastings, Mrs. John B.	3764
Hayward, Mrs. William	2118, 2119, 2120, 2121, 2122, 2123, 2124, 2125, 2126, 2127, 2128, 2129, 2130, 2131
Haywood, J. Chaseline	2152, 2154
Helen Clifford	2990/1
Helmser, Mrs. H.O. (Doris)	3144/45
Henderson, Mrs. Geo.	2391
Herald, Norman	2676/43-3170-3173-3778
Herter, Mrs. Christian A.	3798
Heuerman, Dr. R.	3764-3302-3462-3649, 3162-3163, 3169-3167-3964
Heuslein, Mrs. E.J.	2704/5
Hilden, Mrs. Walter	2236
Hopkins, Miss Miriam	3395
Hopper, Arthur M.	A2356
Huegelshaper, Walter	3265
Hugo Gallery	2834
Hungerford, Esther W.	2605
Hutchins, Mrs. A.D.	3171
Hyde, Henry B.	3176, 3376

Shorthand is preserved exactly as in the ledger (e.g., 1169/90, 3127–34). Grouped from twelve pages (A–H).

I

Name	Numbers / References
Isenburger, Eric	2197, 2184
Irving, Mrs. Louise du Pont	2249
Irish, Mrs. F. C.	2560
Ingersoll, Mrs. R. Sturgis	2601
Ingham, R. G.	2607
Ingersoll, Mrs. W. Fitch	2836
Iselsheimer (?), Matthew R.	3592
Isles, Phelps	3792

Unclear entries marked as “[illegible]” or “(?)”.

Close up of Katz, Joseph

Name	Numbers / References
Katz, Joseph	2876–2919–2936–2963–2978/84–3741–3347–3383–3601/2; 2502, 2588, 2606–2693/4 – 2711, 2714 – 2726 – 2737 – 2788/95; ms59/61 – 2797 – 2309 to 2334 incl. – A2357/8 – A2362 – 2492
Kneedler, R. T.	CH4993
Keep, Mrs. A. H.	A96, 2466, 2468
Kahn, Mrs. Otto	A1105
Knoedler, L.	A1093
Kenny, George A.
Kerr, Estate of J. H.	A1432, [additional A-refs unclear]
Kennedy & Co.	A1169
Kelly, Miss Sarah	A179/160
Keen, Mrs. J. H.	A1946
Kleeman, Edna
Kelsey, Allen
Koppel, Albert L.	2154–2683
Kerr, E. C., Jr.	2740, 2741
Kennedy, A. J.	2740, 2741
Kuntz, Mrs. Adelaide	2453, 2454
Knapp, Mrs. Joseph	2540
Klein, H.	2608
Krensky, Morris E.	2637
Klotz, Herbert	2664
Kerrigan, Mrs. J. J.	2877/84
Kaye, Estate of John	3077/3035
Kinney, Mary C.	3091
Kerrigan, Frank L.	3103/4
Kaufmann,	3178
Keighley, William	3474/5
Katz Galleries	3744/5
King, Miss Eliz.	3746
Keene, Mrs. Francis	3747
Kirstein, Lincoln	3777/8
Kraushaar Galleries	3591
Kerr, Hamilton	3126
Kahn, Roger W.	3629
Kahn, Milton W.	3629
Knight, Mrs. Tiffany	3709
Konberg, Louis (?)	3728
Knight, Mrs. Christy	3774
Keller, Eloise & Albert K. Mitchell	3781

Transcribed from the crop provided. “ms59/61” is kept as written. Let me know if you want me to normalize punctuation or expand shorthand.

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MANUSCRIPT/ ARCHIVE

Commission book 5a: CA3810-CA5418, 1951 January-1958 April

M. Knoedler & Co.

1951 January-1958 April, M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971. Series III. Commission books

Austrian Advisory Board Decisions

The Austrian Art Restitution Advisory Board adopts decisions on the basis of dossiers presented by the Commission for Provenance Research. Below is a list of persecuted collectors as well as the urls to the reports.

How AI summarizes the work of the Germany Advisory Commission

 The following table, created with the AI document analysis tool NotebookLLM, details the claimants, their persecuted ancestors, the artworks subject to the claim, and the recommendation made by Germany's Advisory Commission, which will shut down in November 2025. (Highlights in yellow added by OAD)

It was created by loading the Commission Reports into NotebookLLM and asking the question: list claimants, their persecuted ancestors, the artworks claimed and the decision of the commission

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Claimants	Persecuted Ancestor(s)	Artworks Claimed	Decision of the Commission
Heirs of A. B.(Community of Heirs, represented by Dr. D. B.)	A. B. (d. 1938) and his four children (C., D., E., and F.)	Painting Das Zitronenscheibchen(Lemon Slice) (c. 1667) by Jacob Ochtervelt	Recommend the restitution of the painting. This was based exclusively on moral and ethical considerations, not legal assessment. The restitution included the stipulation that if the painting is sold within 10 years, the state of Bavaria is to receive 50% of the proceeds.
Heirs of Laura Baumann (Karl Ernst Baumann, grandson)	Laura Baumann (d. 1940)	Painting Portrait der Familie von Dithfurth by Johann J. August von der Embde	Recommend that the painting remain in the museum, and the claimant be paid €10,000 compensation.
Heirs of George E. Behrens(Community of heirs)	George Eduard Behrens (1881–1956)	Painting Pariser Wochentag (Weekday in Paris) (1869) by Adolph von Menzel	Cannot recommend returning the painting.

Knoedler Commission Book 6 Index

Provenance researchers looking for Knoedler codes CA 7173 to CA 9237, below is an AI-assisted transcription of the index of names and pages numbers in Knoedler Commission Book 6. The purpose is to facilitate provenance research. The Getty Provenance Index does not include transcriptions of these records which have been published as downloadable images by the J. Paul Getty Trust. Transcriptions may contain errors.

Title Commission book 6: CA7173-CA9237, 

1965 April-1973 February 

Author/Creator M. Knoedler & Co. 

Creation Date 1965 April-1973 February

ID/Accession Number

2012.M.54 (bx.99)

Is Part Of

M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971. Series III. Commission books 

Source

GRI Digital Collections

Permalink

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Copyright J. Paul Getty Trust

 

Knoedler Commission Book 6, transcription of Index by OAD with AI-Assistance

Commission book 6: CA7173-CA9237

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Each name is followed by the ledger page numbers where this name is mentioned in the Knoedler commission book 6

page 5 of 227

Adler + Hirsche 8-9-17-28-61-66-67-70-112

Armstrong Williams 15.

Aiken, D. S. 22

Astor, Mrs V 24, 104, 107

Ault, Mr Lee 32-78

Anneberg, Mrs Per 32

Allen, Mrs. NathanB. 42

Arnstein, Benjamin S. 42

Anstalt fur Alte und Moderne Kunst 47

(crossed out Agger, Thos. 47)

Arnet, Mr Lester 48

Armour, Mrs G.L. 57

Allison, H.V. & Co. 59-69

Adler, Siegfried 61-98

Arbus, Leon A. 61

Arthritis Foundation 71

Atkinson, Guy 72

American Master Gallery 92-121

Auchincloss, B.C. 96

Art Gallery of Ontario 103

Atelier J. de la Boune 113

Anglim, Paul Asso. 115, 135

Avery, Mrs Sally 120

Addison Gallery (Warren Addison) 121, 122, 129, 134

Alpha Gallery 124

Arnold, Jonas 130

EVENT: Provenance and Restitution with Shared Knowledge Graphs September 15

 *** The video is now up and can be watched on Youtube and on the site of the German Lost Art Foundation!!

On September 15, the German Lost Art Foundation has graciously invited me to give a talk on Provenance and Restitution in their series "Kolloquium Provenienzforschung".

https://kulturgutverluste.de/termine/kolloquium-provenienzforschung-shared-knowledge-graphs-tool-recovering

The topic is “Shared knowledge graphs as a tool in recovering looted cultural heritage and the histories of marginalized people“. 

I hope the information provided will be helpful to cultural heritage professionals, provenance researchers, claimants, Holocaust scholars, art crime experts, museum and art market people.

(Do not let the words "knowledge graph" scare you. In this talk, I’ll show how we can connect information—people, places, artworks, events—into a kind of map of relationships. Think of it as a network of stories and connections. We can use this to retrieve lost information and to explore hidden networks over long periods of time, which is very useful for Nazi-looted art as well as other kinds of stolen or disappeared cultural heritage.) 

The event will take place at the Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste, Außenstelle Berlin, Seydelstraße 18, 10117 Berlin. 

It is also possible to join the event via Webex. (Register by Sep 12)

Registrations to:
German Lost Art Foundation
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veranstaltungen@kulturgutverluste.de

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See complete announcement below

Drouot Auction Catalogues 1939-1945

Reminder: The French INHA provides a link to search the famous Drouot Auction House Catalogues

https://aucase.inha.fr/search

Searcb possibilities include

• Artist or School
• Date
• Auctioneer
• Expert
• Item category
• Texts

One can find, for example, auctions of artworks that were looted from the estates of Jewish collectors like Gentili di Giuseppe and later restituted to heirs.

Succession de M. Gentili di Giuseppe, 1re vente [...] : [vente des 23 et 24 avril 1941]

https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/idviewer/22913/15

https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/old-masters-day-l18034/lot.176.html

Sothebys 2018

Manner of Alessandro Magnasco

Cardplayers by a fire

oil on canvas

59 x 44.3 cm.; 23 1/4  x 17 1/2  in. 

Provenance

With Benno Geiger, Venice, 1914;

Frederico Gentili di Giuseppe (1868–1940), Paris;

Forced sale of his deceased estate, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 23–24 April 1941, lot 53, for 20,000 FRF;

Private collection, Milan, by 1949;

On deposit in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1951–1999, inv. no. MNR 798;

Restituted to the heirs of Frederico Gentili di Giuseppe;

By whom sold ('The Collection of Federico Gentili di Giuseppe'), New York, Christie's, 27 January 2000, lot 83;

Jacob Elie Safra (b. 1948), New York;

By whom sold, ('The Collection of Jacob Elie Safra'), New York, Sotheby's, 26 January 2011, lot 32, for $130,000;

Where acquired by the present owner.

***

(Sometimes, however, it's hard to find the Drouot transaction, like for this Signac, sold by Sothebys:

https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-l11006/lot.3.html

Description

Paul Signac

LES TOURS VERTES, LA ROCHELLE

signed P. Signac and dated 1913 (lower right)

oil on canvas

73 by 92cm.

28 3/4 by 36 1/4 in.

Provenance

Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired in 1913)

Léonce Rosenberg, Paris (acquired on 2nd December 1913)

Clausen, Copenhagen (1920)

Leicester Galleries, London (acquired circa 1920)

A. Metthey, Paris (1927)

Gaston Lévy, Paris (acquired by 1933)

Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 15th December 1943, lot 97

Galerie Robert Schmit, Paris

Galerie de l'Elysée, Paris

Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners in 1953

(Maybe an art historian can find it in the digital auction catalogue?)

***

More digital resources for art historians and provenance researchers are listed on the French Agorha site: https://agorha.inha.fr/database/76

The French INHA (Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art) digital library includes over 6,000 20th century  auction catalogues. French catalogues are from Drouot - 3,542, Christie, Manson and Woods - 921, Baudoin, Henri (1876-1963) -  636, Ader, Étienne (1903-1993) - 626, Sotheby's - 286, Lair-Dubreuil, Fernand (1867-1931) - 275, Dillée, Bernard - 251, Baudoin, Denis Émile Pierre - 249, Desvouges, André (1871-19??) - 249, Paulme, Marius (1863-1928) -239, Bottolier-Lasquin, Georges (18??-1932) - 228, Damidot, Paul - 198.  (lootedart.com)

Url to search:

https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/collection/?&refine[Categories][]=Imprimés&refine[Categories][]=Imprimés$$$Catalogues%20de%20vente$$$20e%20siècle

Richard Zinser and Knoedler

 Richard Zinser in Getty Provenance Index graph data visualisation of Knoedler transactions: Millet, Cranach, Cézanne, Renoir, Bonnard, Romney

Richard Zinser in Knoedler dataviz: network of stock book entries, buyers, sellers, dates, artists, titles.

Who owned Pissarros? What else did they own? Where are they today?

What else?  German and French Jews who were persecuted by the Nazis often owned artworks from several different artists. If one focuses on claims for one artist, can one then expand the search to see what other artworks were stolen?

In this post we look at artworks by Pissarro which are being searched for by the families of Jewish art collectors who were plundered and persecuted during the Nazi era. And then we ask: what other artworks were owned by (and possibly stolen from) these same collectors?

To gather these artworks, and the information about them, we will use Wikidata queries. The graph structure enables us to start from one point (the collector) and move to other artworks owned all around the world. (if the ownership information has been entered in Wikidata.

Databases consulted: Lostart.de and ErrProject

PART ONE

Lostart: Collectors whose heirs are searching for PISSARRO artworks lost or seized during the Nazi era:

Aaron, Clémence Georgette

Blumstein (Familie)*

Bondi, Felix

Braunthal, Max

Dreyfus, Edgar*

Flavian (Friedmann), Catherine und Salomon

Friedmann, David (Breslau)

Glaser, Prof. Dr. Curt

Goldschmidt, Hedwig und Jacob*

Hatvany, Baron Ferenc

Heine, Max & Margarete 

Herz, Dr. Emanuel Emil

Hinrichsen, Dr. Henri

Kainer, Margret und Ludwig

Katzenellenbogen, Ludwig und Estella

Lindauer, Jules

Mendel Kaplan

Nathan, Martha

Ploschitzki, Johanna (geb. Zender)

Posen, Anna und Sidney 

Sachs, Carl (Sammlung)

Schusterman, Grégoire

Semmel, Richard

Silberberg, Max (Sammlung)

Simon, Hugo

Sommerguth, Gertrud und Alfred

Steinthal, Fanny und Max (Sammlung)

Stern-Lippmann, Margaretha und Siegbert Stern

Strauss, Ottmar

Westfeld, Walter

ERRProject: French Jews whose artworks by Pissarro were looted by the ERR Nazi looting organization

Bruno Stahl

Claude Raphael, Paris, France

Frau Jules Rouff, Paris, France

Galerie Marcel Bernheim et Cie., Paris, France

Georges Levy, Paris, France

Georges Schick, Nice, France

Hedwige/Hedwig Zach/Zak, Nice/Paris, France

Hugo Simon, Paris, France

Jules et Madeleine Lindauer, Paris, France

Max Heilbronn, Paris, France

Mr. Kantorowitz, Paris, France

Oskar and Marianne Goldschmidt, Neuilly, France

Paul Etlin, Saint-Marcel par Aubagne, Bouches du Rhone, France

Paul Rosenberg, Bordeaux, France

Pierre Wertheimer, Paris, France

Raoul Meyer, Paris, France

Roger Levy , Neuilly s/Seine, France

Salomon Flavian, Paris, France

Simon Bauer, Paris, France

Remarks: There are 48 German and French art collectors who owed Pissarros in these Nazi-looted art databases. Hugo Simon and Jules Lindauer appear in both LostArt and ERRPROJECT but otherwise there is little overlap.  To have a more complete view of Pissarros looted from (or acquired under duress from) Jewish collectors, one would need to consult databases in The Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Poland, and elsewhere. In short, this is a glimpse or a sampling, not a complete overview.  

The appearance of any of the above names in a provenance for any artwork is an obvious red flag.

Are there any patterns we might be able to detect using the Wikidata general knowledge graph?

To find out, we will group the Wikidata identifiers (where they exist) in a variable called ?LostPissarro using VALUES

Wikidata Query

#title:Pissarro owners in Lostart.de

SELECT ?myQids ?myQidsLabel ?myQidsDescription 

WHERE {

  VALUES ?myQids { wd:Q126835436 wd:Q94292296 wd:Q124216935 wd:Q125884667 wd:Q97133770 wd:Q112450 wd:Q324935 wd:Q55842863 wd:Q98887 wd:Q1334632 wd:Q123758642 wd:Q19295051 wd:Q1361426 wd:Q110491536}

  ?myQids rdfs:label ?myQidsLabel.

 #?ownedby wdt:P127 ?myQids.

#  ?ownedby wdt:P18 ?image.

  SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],mul,en". }

 FILTER (LANG(?myQidsLabel) = "en")

}

WD: 

* not found

Q126835436,Q94292296,Q124216935,Q125884667,Q97133770,Q112450,Q324935,Q55842863,Q1334632,Q98887,Q123758642,Q19295051,Q1361426,Q110491536,Q131534758,Q131424365,Q104532626,Q22670686,Q131534959,Q94867126,Q125811605,Q125811605,Q20191393,Q1913457,Q1635718,Q94788180,Q108549525,Q126092724,Q100323618,Q2037856,Q2546745

myQids	myQidsLabel	myQidsDescription
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q55842863	Max Hermann Heine	German Jewish art collector (1877-1933)
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q94292296	Felix Bondi	German lawyer and art collector (1860-1934)
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q97133770	David Friedmann	German Jewish businessman and art collector -(1857-1942)
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q110491536	Estella Katzenellenbogen	German Jewish art collector persecuted by the Nazis (1886-1991)
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q123758642	Margret Kainer	German Jewish art collector (1894-1968)
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q124216935	Max Braunthal	German Jewish art collector (1877-1946)
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q125884667	Salomon Flavian	art collector
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q126835436	Clémence Georgette Aaron	French art collector, plundered by Nazis (b. 1867
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q98887	Henri Hinrichsen	German music publisher, died in Auschwitz in 1942
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q112450	Curt Glaser	German Jewish art historian and art collector persecuted by Nazis, refugee (1879-1943)
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q324935	Ferenc Hatvany	Hungarian painter and art collector (1881-1958)
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1334632	Emil Herz	German publisher (1877-1971)
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1361426	Ludwig Katzenellenbogen	Jewish industrialist, refugee, Holocaust victim, husband of Tilla Durieux (1877–1944)
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q19295051	Ludwig Kainer	German draughtsperson and art collector (1885-1967)

WikidataQuery to see what was owned by these individuals

https://w.wiki/CUi7

https://w.wiki/CUqd

https://w.wiki/CUqf

with image of painting https://w.wiki/CUqq

https://w.wiki/CVCX

https://w.wiki/CVFT

with images of paintings https://w.wiki/CVJw

https://w.wiki/CVM5

LostArtQids https://w.wiki/CVfd

LostArtQids with objects owned https://w.wiki/CVfg

Question: How many of the artworks searched for by 

Q126835436,Q94292296,Q124216935,Q125884667,Q97133770,Q112450,Q324935,Q55842863,Q1334632,Q98887,Q123758642,Q19295051,Q1361426,Q110491536,Q131534758,Q131424365,Q104532626,Q22670686,Q131534959,Q94867126,Q125811605,Q125811605,Q20191393,Q1913457,Q1635718,Q94788180,Q108549525,Q126092724,Q100323618,Q2037856,Q2546745

Are represented in Wikidata?

Task: Compare Lostart listings to Wikidata listings