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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.
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Labels: Archives, Ardelia Hall, EHRI, FOLD3, heroic women, Kunstmarkt, MFAA, Monuments Men, Nazi looted art, OMGUS, open data, provenance research, Ron Grossman, Transatlantic art market, transnational crime

Oct 2, 2019

Vlug Report: transcription of Part 1


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The Vlug Report, written in December of 1945 and named after its author, the Dutch art historian Jean Vlug, is an important work of investigation into the massive looting of artworks in Holland during World War II.

The Vlug report details the activities of the Dienststelle Mühlmann, which obtained works of art for Hitler, Göring and other Nazis.
The author was Jean Vlug, who served in the Royal Netherlands Army. He was a Dutch "Monuments Men" and investigator with the Art Looting Investigation Unit. His report, marked confidential and unavailable for decades, contains interviews with Nazi art looters as well of lists of artworks.
The following transcription concerns the first fifty pages of Vlug's report. The transcription is a work in progress. Please indicate any errors in the comments. Thank you.
For more information about the Vlug report, please see lootedart.com
The National Archives have published photographs of the Vlug report online at Fold3.
The photo above is from The Monuments Men Foundation website which honors Jan Vlug and requests more information about him.
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Labels: art crime, art looting, Dutch art market, German occupation of Holland, Holocaust, Jean Vlug, Netherlands, open data, open research, provenance research Netherlands, translocations

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.


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Labels: art market networks, galerie les tourettes, GLAM, Heinemann, Knoedler, otto wertheimer, Pinakos, provenance research, refugee art dealers, Transatlantic art market, translocations

links to archive

https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/13-antiquities-2013-italy-and-boston-museum-of-fine-arts-1
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/14-antiquities-2013-italy-and-cleveland-museum-of-art
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/14-paintings-2013-malewicz-heirs-and-city-of-amsterdam
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/15-archaeological-objects-2013-italy-and-princeton-university-art-museum-1
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/17-tasmanian-human-remains-2013-tasmanian-aboriginal-centre-and-natural-history-museum-london
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/20-skulls-of-colonial-victims-2013-namibia-and-charite-universitatsmedizin-berlin
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/200-paintings-2013-goudstikker-heirs-and-the-netherlands
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/25-objets-d2019art-precolombien-2013-lempertz-c-etat-de-rhenanie-du-nord-westphalie
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/30-vigango-2013-denver-museum-of-nature-and-science-et-kenya
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/3000-archeological-objects-2013-china-and-two-british-dealers
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/89-moche-artifacts-2013-peru-v-johnson
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/achaemenid-limestone-relief-2013-iran-v-berend
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/adoration-of-the-magi-2013-gentili-di-giuseppe-heirs-and-museum-of-fine-arts-boston
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/afo-a-kom-2013-furman-gallery-and-kom-people
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/aidonia-treasure-2013-greece-and-ward-gallery
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/ancient-manuscripts-and-globe-saint-gall-and-zurich
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/auschwitz-suitcase-2013-pierre-levi-heirs-and-auschwitz-birkenau-state-museum-oswiecim-and-shoah-memorial-museum-paris
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/ayuba-suleiman-diallo-qatar-museums-authority-and-the-united-kingdom
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/balangiga-bells-2013-philippines-and-united-states
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/balangiga-bells-2013-philippines-and-united-states
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/case-ancient-coins-2013-ancient-coin-collectors-guild-v-united-states

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Sep 19, 2019

Colonial-Era Art Provenance and dealer JJ Klejman

A simple Google search on JJ Klejman turns up several interesting articles concerning art from European colonies. Below are the results from a search (from Europe) on September 19, 2019

(photo: Fowl, Nigerian, Court of Benin, NGA, provenance:Reportedly Benin City, Nigeria, before 1897.[1] (J.J. Klejman Gallery, New York); purchased around 30 November 1955 by Winston Guest, New York; gift 1955 to NGA.
[1] The object was brought to Europe by a member of the British punitive expedition to the Kingdom of Benin in 1897, according to a letter of 30 November 1955 from J.J. Klejman, New York, to Winston Guest, New York (in NGA curatorial files).
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Thomas Hoving's Artful Tom: A Memoir, Chapter 24 - artnet ...



www.artnet.com › features › hoving › artful-tom-chapter-twenty-four6-1-09


Besides Harry Sperling another of my favorite dealer-smugglers was John J. Klejman. He and his wife owned an elegant gallery on Madison Avenue and 76th ..

J J Klejman Gallery - Wikidata



https://www.wikidata.org › wiki
Sep 2, 2017 - Art Gallery owned by art dealer John Klejman. ... dealer John Klejman. John Klejman; Klejman Gallery; J. J. Klejman; John Jacob Klejman. edit ...

John J Klejman (Biographical details) - British Museum - Term ...



https://www.britishmuseum.org › research › search_the_collection_database


John J Klejman (Biographical details). John J Klejman (dealer/auction house; collector; American (USA); Male). Also known as. Klejman, J J. Biography.
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Labels: African art, art dealers, Benin Bronzes, British Museum, colonialism, Congo, criminology, émigré Jewish dealers, J.J. Klejman, Kelekian, klejman, museums, NGA, provenance research, punitive expedition, restitution
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