Walter Bareiss in provenances of European artworks in American museums

 

The Bend in the Road by Cézanne, Exhibited at the Bignou Gallery in New York in 1940*

Walter Bareiss was, along with Baron Leon Lambert, Eugene Victor Thaw, David Carritt, Count Christian zu Salm-Reifferscheidt, Philippe R. Stoclet, Count Artur Strachwitz, Heinz Berggruen and Baron Alexis de Rede,  on the board of the art trading syndicate Artemis S.A.  

(Artist and social critic Hans Haacke included information about Artemis S.A. and its board members in his installation work. See Framing and Begin Unframed page 108 to 112)

In this series of posts, we look at artworks owned by members of the Artemis syndicate.

Galerie Bing in Provenances of Artworks in UK Spoliation reports, Museums and Auctions

Are the provenances clear and solid for the Nazi years 1933-1945? Why or why not?

Tooth in Provenance: UK Collections Trust Spoliation Reports and Getty Public Collections

The name "Authur Tooth" appears frequently in provenances with gaps for the Nazi era. 

This post lists the search results for "Tooth" in the UK Spoliation Reports published by the Collections Trust

Tracking looted art by examining the names in between. Example: MEISSNER

 

In this post, we look in art provenances that contain Meissner, a name that has appeared in connexion with Nazi-looted art.

Tracking Nazi-looted art dealers: Restitutions as data

What can we learn by analyzing the provenances of artworks which have been restituted to the heirs of Jewish art collectors persecuted by the Nazis?

Patterns. Repetition. Familiar faces. 

Those art dealers who just keep "popping up".

In this post we see what we can learn from the provenance published by auctions houses which have been authorized to sell previously looted art AFTER it has been restituted to the families.