Art dealers like Frederick Mont played an important role in bringing art to American museums.
In previous posts we looked at the biography of Frederick Mont, also known as Frederick Mondschein (1894-1994), and mentions of his name in the provenances of artworks that are now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.
In this post, we look at the provenances of some of the artworks that Mont dealt with that are now in the art collections of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio and LACMA in Los Angeles.
Several of these provenances exhibit gaps in the years 1933-1945.
Toledo Museum of Art
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Accession Number: 1951.404
Artist: CANALETTO (GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL) (1697-1768)
Title: The Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice
Date of: late 1730sMedium/Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 24 7/8 in. (47.1 x 63.3 cm.)
Inscription: Two labels on reverse: 1) Anton Canale/M-zu Venedig/a 1740
2) No. 191/Tablau Apertenant au Prince Joseph/Wenceslau de (Liechten)
Nationality: Italian
about Prince Josef Wenzel
1740 Liechtenstein, Vienna
to about Princes Liechtenstein, Vienna
1951
Dealer: Frederick Mont, New York
1951 Toledo Museum of Art=====================
Accession Number: 1952.24
Artist: BEYEREN, ABRAHAM VAN (1620/21 - 1690)
Title: Still Life with a Wine Ewer
Date of: after 1655Medium/Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 31 1/4 x 25 in. (79.3 x 63.5 cm.)
Inscription: Signed lower right (on table edge): AB (in monogram)
Nationality: Dutch
M. Meisgeier, Vienna
(Bought by dealer: Frederick Mont, New York)
1952 Toledo Museum of ArtNOT ON VIEW
http://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/55110/still-life-with-a-wine-ewer?ctx=10fcc856-b17d-4e51-9de1-6ef33fb0b074&idx=0
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Accession Number: 1952.25
Artist: HEEM, JAN DAVIDSZ. DE (1606-1684)
Title: Still Life with a Lobster
Date of: late 1640sMedium/Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 25 x 33 1/4 in. (63.5 x 84.5 cm.)
Inscription: Signed lower left (on table edge): JD.De Heem f.
Nationality: Dutch
Gsell, Vienna
1926 Max Strauss, Vienna
(Glückselig, Wawra,
Vienna, Mar. 1926, no. 18)
Dealer: Mont, New York
1952 Toledo Museum of ArtToledo Museum of Art
Provenance Report, page 20
NOT ON VIEW
http://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/55212/still-life-with-a-lobster?ctx=c04ca191-7545-4533-8943-596038058fb6&idx=0
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Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen Painting a Portrait of His Wife -Toledo |
Artist: JACOBSZ, DIRCK (ABOUT 1497 - 1567)
Title: Jacob Cornelisz Painting a Portrait of His Wife
Date of: about 1550Medium/Technique: Oil on wood panel
Dimensions: 24 7/16 x 19 7/16 in. (62.1 x 49.4 cm.)
Inscription: Inscribed upper right: A—.
Nationality: Dutch
Jacob van Formerly attribted to Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (about 1472-1533), the father of Dirck
Jacobsz. 1859 Earl of Northwick, Painting described Thirlestaine House, as “Quintin Cheltenham Matsys, The Artist (sold, H. Phillips, Painting his July 1859, no. 138) Mother’s Portrait” — Burton Fredericksen letter 9 1859 Duke of Newcastle, Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire Earl of Lincoln, Clumber Park (Christie’s, London, June 4, 1937,
lot 70, repr.) Dealer: Katz, Arnhem (sold to Geldner) Geldner, Basel
Bought by dealer: Schultess, Basel
Bought by dealer: Frederick Mont, New York
1960 Toledo Museum of ArtToledo Museum of Art
Provenance Report, page 35
http://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/55302/jacob-cornelisz-van-oostsanen-painting-a-portrait-of-his-wi?ctx=186d285f-46b1-456f-a7ac-3ea6962e4f73&idx=0
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Accession Number: 1965.165
Artist: LONGHI, ALESSANDRO (1733 - 1813)
Title: Giacomo Casanova
Date of: about 1775Medium/Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 40 1/4 x 33 1/2 in. (102 x 90 cm.)
Inscription:
Nationality: Italian
Start Date Ending Date Owner/Location/Sales Alternate SpellingNotes/Questions
Previous
attribution:
Pietro
Amici collection, Milan
(Sale dell’Impresa,
Milan, Mar. 14, 1889, lot 12,
as Pietro Crespi collection, Milan
1964? Purchased in Rome by dealer: FrederickMont, New York
1965 Toledo Museum of ArtNOT ON VIEW
http://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/55263/giacomo-casanova?ctx=aba2cb59-2530-40f5-a9b1-16b6265567d0&idx=0
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LACMA
note: The source of provenance text for artworks at LACMA is the Getty Provenance Index or RKD where LACMA does not publish provenance online.
AMBERGER, CHRISTOPH
Portrait of Johann Jakob Fugger(?)
Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of ArtM.68.33
wood
in ca. 1912
Trautmannsdorf, Graf. Schloss Friedau, Österreich
in ca. 1927
Isbary, Gräfin. Wien, Österreich (from Trautmannsdorf)
- ca. 1968
Windischgrätz, Prinszessin. Wien, Österreich (by inheritance from her mother, Gräfin Isbary)
ca. 1968 - 1968 Mont, (Frederick), Inc.. New York, NY, USA (dealer; from Windischgrätz)
1968 -
Los Angeles, CA, USA. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (purchased from Mont)"
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BOSCOLI, ANDREA
The Triumph of Mordecai (?)
Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art48.10 [deaccessioned]
canvas
- 1948 Mont, (Frederick), Inc., and Newhouse Galleries. New York, NY, USA (dealer)Newhouse Galleries, and Mont, (Frederick), Inc.. New York, NY, USA
1948 - 1992
Los Angeles, CA, USA. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (gift of Newhouse Galleries and Dr. Frederick Mont)"
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DIEPENBEECK, ABRAHAM JANSZ. VAN
The Deposition
Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art68.1
wood
19th c.
France. Anonymous collection
1967/03/07 (0006)
N sale (Palais Galliera) Paris
- 1967
N, Mr. and Mrs.. Paris, France
Conde Nast. New York, NY, USA? (corporate collection?)
[Conde Nast is parent company of Glamour Magazine, etc.]
- 1968 Mont, (Frederick), Inc.. New York, NY, USA (dealer)
1968 -
Los Angeles, CA, USA. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (from Mont)"
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LASTMAN, PIETER PIETERSZ.
Hagar and the Angel
Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of ArtM.85.117
wood
Paris, France. Anonymous collection
Didier-Aaron. Paris, France
- 1976 Mont, Frederick. New York, NY, USA
- 1985
Solomon, Bernard, Mr. and Mrs. (on loan to Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
1985 -
Los Angeles, CA, USA. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (from Solomon sale; purchased with funds provided by Ahmanson Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Steward Resnick, Anna Bing Arnold, Dr. Armand Hammer, and Edward Carter in honor of Kenneth Donahue)
(note: image from LACMA)
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MORAZZONE (PIER FRANCESCO MAZZUCCHELLI)
Saint Francis' Vision of the Musical Angel
Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of ArtM.73.6
canvas
Italia. Private collection
Mont, (Frederick), Inc.. New York, NY, USA
- 1973
Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Ahmanson Foundation (from Mont)
1973 -
Los Angeles, CA, USA. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (gift of Ahmanson Foundation)"
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RUBENS, PETER PAUL
The Holy Family with the Dove
Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art53.27
wood
bef. 1918 - ca. 1928
Kospoth, Count. Schloss Schön-Briese, Silesia, Polska
in 1930
Nebehay, Gustav. Berlin, Deutschland
1939/05/26 (0243)
Oberlaender sale (Parke-Bernet) New York
- 1939
Oberlaender, Gustav
1939 - still in 1947 Mont, (Frederick), Inc.. New York, NY, USA (bought at Oberlaender sale)
aft. 1947 - 1953
Sanborn, Charles Frye, Dr.. Los Angeles, CA, USA (from Mont)
1953 -
Los Angeles, CA, USA. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (purchased from Dr. Sanborn)
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| retrieved ULAN Jan 27 2020 http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500437571 |
- Galerie Sanct Lucas and Mont, Frederick at the Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
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| Born in Vienna in 1894 as Fritz Adolf Mondschein, the art dealer owned and directed the Galerie Sanct Lucas. He was closely connected to the dealer Victor Spark (1898-1991) and the Newhouse Galleries. He emigrated to the United States in the 1930s. |
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Date Published: January 27, 2020
Published by: Open Art Data
Author: OAD
url/permalink: https://www.openartdata.org/2020/01/art-dealer--provenance-frederick-Mont-Mondschein.html
