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Nov 17, 2022

DATASET: E. & A. Silberman Galleries and American museums

E. & A. Silberman Galleries was an art dealership owned by Abris and Elkin Silberman.  This dataset includes artworks in American museums that mention Silberman in the ownership history.


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Nov 19, 2018

Raphaël Gérard

Gurlitt: Status Report

An Art Dealer in Nazi Germany

What does it mean to find the name Raphaël Gérard in a provenance?


1. The art dealer Raphaël Gérard appears in the provenance of an astonishing number of artworks in the Gurlitt: Status Report An Art Dealer in Nazi Germany expo in Berlin. This close collaboration with Gurlitt suggests that more research would be useful.

© Gurlitt Provenance Research Project Object record excerpt for Lost Art ID: 532973 

Gustave Courbet
Portrait of a woman (Portait of the Artist’s Sister Juliette?)

Provenance:
(…)
By latest 28 April 1944: Raphaël Gerard, Paris (per Gurlitt Papers)
After September 1953: Hildebrand Gurlitt, Dusseldorf (per Gurlitt Papers)
Thence by descent to Cornelius Gurlitt, Munich/Salzburg

From 6 May 2014: Estate of Cornelius Gurlitt

© Gurlitt Provenance Research Project Object record excerpt for Lost Art ID: 533086

Provenance:
(…)
By latest 28 April 1944: Raphaël Gerard, Paris (per Gurlitt Papers)
After September 1953: Hildebrand Gurlitt, Dusseldorf (per Gurlitt Papers)
Thence by descent to Cornelius Gurlitt, Munich/Salzburg
From 6 May 2014: Estate of Cornelius Gurlitt


2. The art dealer Raphaël Gérard is known to have dealt in "confiscated pictures" and to have used aliases.

https://www.fold3.com/image/269882894 

Raphael Gérard: “closely connected with German looting in France” “used the names HERMSEN and SCHEOLLER” NARA M1946. denazification orders, custody receipts, property cards, Jewish restitution claim records, and other records.  - NARA/Fold3 

Dec 14, 2022

Art Provenance Texts as Data: Restitution Histories in Auction Catalogs

Adolph Menzel, restituted to the heirs of Walter Westfeld

When Nazi-looted artworks are restituted, families are often obliged to sell at least some of the artworks. For this they turn to auction houses. As a result, the provenances published by auction houses may provide valuable insights into the art market networks that handled the looted art until the time of restitution

Below is a selection of several provenances published online by Sotheby's. Some of the provenance texts indicate that artworks put up for auction had previously been restituted to the families of persecuted collectors. 

For the artworks that have been restituted, the provenances - before the restitution - offer clues to how the resale market for Nazi-looted art worked. Through which hands did the artworks pass? Do any names recur? 

Sep 15, 2022

Provenances that mention Beyeler (Getty Provenance Index)

, Juan Gris, Mandolin and Fruit Dish, Gift of Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., inv 67.1161  

In this post, a few provenances that mention Beyeler are gathered.

(Titles may have changed.)

Getty Provenance Index Public Collections Database 19MARCH2021
Provenance of Paintings Record 10627
GRIS, JUAN
Still Life with a Guitar
Boston, MA, Museum of Fine Arts
67.1161
canvas

Gris, Juan. Paris, France (the artist)

Simon, Galerie. Paris, France

by 1960 - still in 1961
Thompson, G. David. Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

1961 - 1967
Pulitzer, Joseph, Jr.. Saint Louis, MO, USA

1967 -
Boston, MA, USA. Museum of Fine Arts (gift of Pulitzer)
Provenance of Paintings Record 10819
KIRCHNER, ERNST LUDWIG
Mountain Landscape from Clavadel
Boston, MA, Museum of Fine Arts
56.13
canvas

Kirchner, Ernest Ludwig, estate of (estate of the artist, who d.1938)

Beyeler, Galerie (executor of Kirchner estate?)

- 1956
Silberman, (E. and Abris), Galleries. New York, NY, USA (from Beyeler)

1956 -
Boston, MA, USA. Museum of Fine Arts (from Silberman?)
Provenance of Paintings Record 19766
GRIS, JUAN
Mandolin and Pipe
Hanover, NH, Hood Museum of Art
P.959.128
canvas

Kahnweiler, Daniel-Henry. Paris, France

Simon, Galerie. Paris, France

by 1925 -
Reber, Gottlieb Friedrich, Dr.. Lausanne, Schweiz (d.1959)

Fritsch, Irmgart, Mlle.. Lausanne, Schweiz

Gasser, Galerie. Zürich, Schweiz

Hadorn, Walter, Prof. Dr.. Bern, Schweiz

Hutton, (Leonard), Galleries. New York, NY, USA

Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

Bruxelles, Belgique. Anonymous collection

- 1959
Lachman, Charles R., Mr. and Mrs.. New York, NY, USA

1959 -
Hanover, NH, USA. Hood Museum of Art (gift of Lachman)
Provenance of Paintings Record 3721
MONET, CLAUDE
Water-Lilies
London, England, National Gallery
6343
canvas

- 1926
Monet, Claude. Giverny, France (the artist; d.1926)

1926 - still in ca. 1945
Monet, Claude, heirs of. Giverny, France (by inheritance; painting remained in Monet's studio until after WWII)

by 1956 -
Granoff, Katia. Paris, France (possibly from Monet heirs, who sold other paintings to her ca. 1950)

by 1962 - 1963
Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

1963 -
London, England, UK. National Gallery (from Galerie Beyeler)
Provenance of Paintings Record 2552
CÉZANNE, PAUL
Portrait of Anthony Valabrègue
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty Museum
85.PA.45
canvas

by 1911 -
Doria, François, Comte. Château d'Orrouy, France

Pellerin, Auguste. Paris, France

by 1936 - still in 1939
Pellerin, Jean Victor. Paris, France (by inheritance?)

Wildenstein (?). London, England, UK; New York, NY, USA; Paris, France

1980/10/22 (0021)
Meyer sale (Sotheby Parke Bernet) New York
by 1962 - 1980
Meyer, André. France; New York, NY, USA (from Wildenstein?; d.1979)

1980 - 1985
Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz (bought at Meyer sale)

1985 -
Los Angeles, CA, USA. J. Paul Getty Museum (from Galerie Beyeler
Provenance of Paintings Record 25501
CÉZANNE, PAUL
L'éternel féminin
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty Museum
87.PA.79
canvas

by 1907 - 1929
Pellerin, Auguste. Paris, France

1929 - still in 1939
Pellerin, Jean Victor. Paris, France (by inheritance)

by 1947 - 1954
Wildenstein. London, England, UK; New York, NY, USA; Paris, France

1954 - still in 1959
Niarchos, Stavros S.. Paris, France (loaned painting to an exhibition in January 1959)

1959 -
Hecht, Harold (?). Beverly Hills, CA, USA (loaned painting to an exhibition at Wildenstein in New York, November 1959)
[This information not included on Getty central file sheet, thus the question.]

by 1963 -
Wildenstein (?). London, England, UK; New York, NY, USA; Paris, France (painting exhibited at Wildenstein in London)
[according to Getty central file sheet 12-1988, painting loaned to exhibition by Wildenstein, but this information not included in file sheet of 12-1989; cannot find copy of catalogue to verify. If Hecht owned the painting when it was exhibited at Wildenstein in 1959, then he probably was the lender at this exhibition as well.]

1963 - still in 1964
Hecht, Harold. Beverly Hills, CA, USA (may have had painting since 1959)

by 1970 -
New York, NY, USA. Anonymous collection

- 1973
Wildenstein. London, England, UK; New York, NY, USA; Paris, France

1973 - still in 1980(?)
Goulandris, John, Mrs.. New York, NY, USA

- 1987
Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

1987 -
Los Angeles, CA, USA. J. Paul Getty Museum (from Galerie Beyeler)
Provenance of Paintings Record 54689
MONET, CLAUDE
The Portal of Rouen Cathedral in Morning Light
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty Museum
2001.33
canvas

- 1895
Monet, Claude. Giverny, France

1895 - 1895
Durand-Ruel, buying for Gonse. New York, NY, USA; Paris, France (from Monet)

1895 - 1921
Gonse, Louis. Paris, France (buying through Durand-Ruel)

- 1962
Gonse, Emmanuel, Mme. (née Suzanne Boas). Paris, France (by inheritance; daughter-in-law of Louis Gonse)

- 1962
Durand-Ruel. New York, NY, USA; Paris, France (from Gonse)

1962 -
19th and 20th Century French Art, Inc. (Sam Salz). New York, NY, USA (from Durand Ruel)

in ca. 1968
Vogel, Edwin C.. New York, NY, USA

in ca. 1971
19th and 20th Century French Art, Inc. (Sam Salz). New York, NY, USA

in ca. 1972
Goulandris, Basil P.. Schweiz

Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

Fujikawa Gallery. Tokyo, Japan

[Unknown]

- 2001
Acquavella Contemporary Art, Inc.. New York, NY, USA

2001 -
Los Angeles, CA, USA. J. Paul Getty Museum (from Acquavella)
Provenance of Paintings Record 5256
RENOIR, PIERRE AUGUSTE
Portrait of Albert Cahen d'Anvers
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty Museum
88.PA.133
canvas

1881 -
Cahen d'Anvers, Albert (original commission; the sitter; d.1903)

Cahen d'Anvers, Hubert (presumably by inheritance)

- ca. 1971
Cahen d'Anvers family (by inheritance)

Steegman, Joseph, Dr.. Zürich, Schweiz

Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz
[sold to Geneva, anon coll in 1984?]

1984 -
Genève, Schweiz. Anonymous collection
[from Beyeler??]

- 1988
Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

1988 -
Los Angeles, CA, USA. J. Paul Getty Museum (from Beyeler)
Provenance of Paintings Record 5815
KANDINSKY, WASSILY
Study for Improvisation V
Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
67.34.2
wood

Jawlensky, Helene von, Mrs.. Ascona, Schweiz

Abels, Anne. Köln, Deutschland

- 1967
Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

1967 - 1967
Dayton, Bruce B., Mr. and Mrs.. Minneapolis, MN, USA

1967 -
Minneapolis, MN, USA. Minneapolis Institute of Arts (gift of Dayton)
Provenance of Paintings Record 5705
MANET, EDOUARD
Le Fumeur (The Smoker)
Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
68.79
canvas

1888/06/06 (0001)
Pertuiset sale (Tual, Escribe) Paris [as "La Bonne Pipe"]
by 1866 - 1888
Pertuiset, M.. Paris, France

1888 -
Bloch, Isidore. Paris, France

Durand-Ruel. New York, NY, USA; Paris, France (Durand-Ruel in Paris)

Milliken, E.F.. New York, NY, USA

Durand-Ruel. New York, NY, USA; Paris, France (Durand-Ruel in New York)

in 1907
Whitney, Helen Hay Payne, Mrs.. New York, NY, USA

Miller, C. MacCulloch, Mrs.. New York, NY, USA

Tribune Gallery. New York, NY, USA

- 1968
Schweiz. Anonymous collection

1968 - 1968
Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

1968 - 1968
Dayton, Bruce B., Mr. and Mrs.. Minneapolis, MN, USA

1968 -
Minneapolis, MN, USA. Minneapolis Institute of Arts (gift of Dayton)
Provenance of Paintings Record 27811
PICASSO, PABLO
Bust of a Woman
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon Museum
M.1970.5.16.P
canvas

- 1966
Picasso, Pablo. Cannes, France

Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

Rosenberg, (Paul), and Co.. London, England, UK; New York, NY, USA; Paris, France

1967 - 1970
Hunt Foods and Industries

1970 -
Pasadena, CA, USA. Norton Simon Museum (from Hunt Foods)
Provenance of Paintings Record 27569
PICASSO, PABLO
Women of Algiers I
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon Museum
M.1986.3.P
canvas

Rosenberg
[assumably the dealer Paul Rosenberg]

Frua de Angeli, Carlo. Milano, Italia (d.1972)

Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz

1973 - 1986
Los Angeles, CA, USA. Norton Simon Foundation

1986 - 1986
Los Angeles, CA, USA. Norton Simon Art Foundation

1986 -
Pasadena, CA, USA. Norton Simon Museum (from Norton Simon Art Foundation)
Provenance of Paintings Record 17073
PICASSO, PABLO
Nude Woman
Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art
1972.46.1
canvas

- 1939(?)
Pierre, Galerie. Paris, France
[additional non-provenance: painting bears a label with Gertrude Stein's and Alice Toklas' 1938 address, but several sources deny that it ever belonged to them.]

1939 -
Callery, Meric, Mrs.. New York, NY, USA; Boulogne-sur-Seine, France (apparently from Pierre)

1960 - 1972
Frua de Angeli, Carlo. Milano, Italia (d.1972)

1972 - 1972
Beyeler, Galerie. Basel, Schweiz (from Frua de Angeli estate)
[according to a letter from Douglas Cooper in Washington NG file, painting was at Beyeler for over a decade, but they were unable to sell it. According to Beyeler, it was in Frua de Angeli's collection until his death in 1972, and was purchased from the estate in May 1972. The writer sounded pretty annoyed at Cooper's allegations that the painting was trash and denied that it had been sitting around for ten years. Since the Cooper story sounds a bit fishy (why would NGDC spend big bucks on a painting nobody wanted?), I'm ignoring it and going by Beyeler's version.]

1972 -
Washington, DC, USA. National Gallery of Art (from Beyeler; formerly acc.no. 2631)

 

Mountain Landscape from Clavadel, Kirchner, Inv 56.13, Boston MFA
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/33551

Study for Improvisation V, Kandinsky, Inv. 67.34.2, 
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1639/study-for-improvisation-v-vassily-kandinsky










Jan 25, 2020

RKD provenances that mention the Rhode Island School of Design


It is difficult to find the provenance of European artwork on the website of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). However by searching the excellent RKD site one can find the ownership history of at least a few artworks.

Provenances of some artworks in the RISD collection published on RKD

Source UrlArtistTitleProvenance
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/134207Joseph PaelinckPortrait of King Willem I (1772-1843)private collection Henry H. Howorth (Sir), London;- 1923;art dealer Appleby Bros., London;- 1956;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 56 090A;1956 -;Veiling(en);Christie, Manson & Woods (London (England)) 1923-12-14, lotnr. 38
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/134208Joseph PaelinckPortrait of Wilhelmina of Prussia (1774-1837), Queen of the Netherlandsprivate collection Henry H. Howorth (Sir), London;- 1923 auctioned at Christie's London 14-12-1923;art dealer Appleby Bros., London;- 1956;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 56 090 B;1956 -;Veiling(en);Christie, Manson & Woods (London (England)) 1923-12-14, lotnr. 38
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/16999Balthasar FlessiersPortrait of Eva Vliegen (1575-1626)Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island)
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/20240Jan MostaertPortrait of een vrouw (op de achterzijde: wapenschild met helm en helmteken)art dealer;Londen (Engeland), als trant van Joos van Cleve/Jan Gossaert;1934 - gesignaleerd;E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York City;1945-12 - door M.J. Friedländer gesignaleerd;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island)
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/20343Jan Mostaertart dealer;Londen (Engeland), als trant van Joos van Cleve/Jan Gossaert;1934 - gesignaleerd;E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York City;1945 - gesignaleerd;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island)
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/216964Jacob van RuisdaelWaterfall in a mountainous landscape with a wooden bridgeart dealer or private collection Alexis Joseph Febvre, Paris;- 1882-04-17 geveild op 17-20 april 1882;private collection August de Ridder, Schönberg (Kronberg im Taunus);- 1911;art dealer F. Kleinberger, Paris/New York;1911 - ca. 1911;private collection Carl von Hollitscher, Berlin;private collection Adolphe Schloss, Paris;Inc. Schaeffer Galleries, New York City/Berlin;vóór 1948;private collection Manton B. en Rowe Metcalf, United States;- 1948;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island);schenking van Manton B. Metcalf en Rowe Metcalf in 1948;1948 -;Veiling(en);Exp.: George, Le Roy, Mannheim C. P.: Lechat, Chevallier (Paris) 1882-04-17 - 1882-04-20, lotnr. 82;Inbrenger Alexis Joseph Febure, voor deze veiling in prent gebracht door Gustave Greux
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/217412Jean HélionBalanceMuseum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island)
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/250535Karel DujardinShepherd washing his feet, cattle in a meadowart dealer Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun, Paris;ca. 1777 -;private collection Charles René Dominique Sochet Destouches, Paris;ca. 1792 - 1794;private collection Koucheleff-Besborodko, Sint Petersburg (Rusland);- 1800;private collection S.S. Joseph, London;ca. 1900 -;M. Knoedler & Co., New York City (United States)/London (England)/Paris (France);Londen, inv. nr. 5008;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 20.230;Virginia W. Hoppin;1920 -;Veiling(en);Julliot, C.F. (Paris) 1777-02-27 - 1777-03-25, lotnr. 149;Inbrenger Randon de Boisset;Naam koper: Donjeu, 4410 ffr, verkocht samen met pendant, cat. nr. 66 (Kilian 2005);Lebrun (jr) (Paris) 1794-03-21, lotnr. 128;Inbrenger Destouches;Naam koper: Vauttier, 800 ffr, verkocht samen met pendant, cat. nr. 62 (Kilian 2005);Exp.: Durand-Ruel, C. P.: Boussaton, Pillet (Paris) 1869-06-05, lotnr. 17;Inbrenger Koucheleff-Besborodko;Naam koper: Buisseret, 19000 ffr;Le Roy (Brussels) 1891-04-29 - 1891-04-30, lotnr. 56;Inbrenger Buisseret;Naam koper: Colnaghi, 24500 BEF
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/257892Adriaen van der WerffThe banishment of Hagar and Ishmael (Genesis 21:16-21)Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 59.063;Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/264911Anton MirouPortrait of a painter in front of his landscape paintingMuseum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 39.046;as by Paul Bril, Self-Portrait;1939 -;Veiling(en);Muller, Frederik (Amsterdam) 1938-11-15, afb. zwart-witreproductie, lotnr. 14, as by Paul Bril
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/283863Jheronimus BoschMonstersMuseum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 51.069
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/293983Giovanni del CampoThe flagellation of ChristMuseum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 56.037;Museum Works of Art Fund
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/3751Arent de GelderEster and Mordecai write the second Purim-letter (Esther 9:29-32)Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 17.138;1917 -
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/52516Rogier van der WeydenPortrait of a man with his hands foldedGalerie Dr. Schäffer, Berlin;volgens eigenhandige aantekening M.J. Friedländer op achterzijde foto in het foto-archief M.J. Friedländer: 'Tietje / holl. Privatbes. / durch Schäffer / VII.36';private collection Tietje, Amsterdam;volgens eigenhandige aantekening M.J. Friedländer op achterzijde foto in het foto-archief M.J. Friedländer: 'Tietje / holl. Privatbes. / durch Schäffer / VII.36';1936 - door M.J. Friedländer gesignaleerd: 1936-07;art dealer or private collection Lippmann;volgens eigenhandige aantekening M.J. Friedländer op achterzijde foto in het foto-archief M.J. Friedländer: 'Tietje / [...? moeilijk leesbaar handschrift] Lippmann / [Wulfl? moeilijk leesbaar handschrift];Private collection;New York City, volgens opgave De Tolnay 1944 (zie bij literatuur);1944 - gesignaleerd;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island);volgens eigenhandige aantekening M.J. Friedländer op achterzijde foto in het foto-archief M.J. Friedländer: 'Providence / School of Design.;1945 -;Veiling(en);Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 1925-06-17, lotnr. 247, afb. zwart-witreproductie;7700;geannoteerd exemplaar veilingcatalogus op het RKD, als Rogier van der Weyden of diens school
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/652Hendrick GoltziusChrist sitting on the cold stone between two angelsprivate collection Jacob Matham, Haarlem;1603;private collection Simon VI zur Lippe, Detmold;mentioned by K. van Mander 1604: in the possession of the Count of Lippe (one of the agents in buying paintings for Rudolf II) or the emperor in Prague: it now seems as if the Emperor bought the painting from Simon's heirs in 1621 (Nichols 2013);1603 - 1621;Rudolf II of Habsburg - Holy Roman Emperor, Prague;mentioned by K. van Mander 1604: in the possession of the Count of Lippe or the emperor in Prague;1621-12-06 - Nichols 2013;private collection Matthias von Habsburg (emperor), Vienna/Prague;in the inventory of the Prague Treasure Room (Sch, 1621-12-06;1621-12-06 -;private collection Allaert van Everdingen, Amsterdam;see Moes OH 7 (1889) p. 119 ev;1671 - c. 1671;art dealer;Dresden;1891-05 -;art dealer Samuel Hartveld, Antwerp/New York City;In the sale catalogue 1928, no. 25, ill.;private collection D. Splitter, Antwerp;1933 - till after 1935 (Nichols 2013);Arcade Gallery, London;1960 - 1961;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 61.006;1961 -;Veiling(en);Christie's, Londen (Engeland), 1960-06-10, lotnr. 21;Inbrenger;Spitzer;Naam koper: buying for Arcade Gallery Wengraf, 250;Rubenianum, Antwerp;Christie, Manson & Woods (London (England)) 1956-11-23, afb. zwart-witreproductie, lotnr. 144;Naam koper: Spitzer, 105 GBP;annotation auction cat. RKD
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/71111AnoniemMuseum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 61.080
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/8113Jacob Jordaens (I)private collection M.G. Scheppers de Bergstein, Belgium;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 60.094;1960 - voor uitgebreide herkomst: tent.cat. 1993


image: Mountain Landscape with River, Gift of Manton B. Metcalf, Jr. and Rowe Metcalf, to RISD, accession number of 48.453. copyright RISD https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/mountain-landscape-river-48453


Sep 17, 2019

Provenance in the Art Museum: Oberlin Allen Memorial Art Museum

The Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM) has published thirty artworks on the Nazi Era Provenance Internet Portal (NEPIP).

In this post, we see what we can learn about the history of these artworks using modern digital art history tools.

May 29, 2020

Comparative Art Provenances: Kornfeld and Kallir

Kornfeld, Kallir and Nierenstein in several museum provenances


(attention: some artworks appear more than once)

It can be enlightening to gather provenances from different museums or institutions to see what patterns or similarities might emerge for a given art dealer. 
Below, we look at provenances that mention Eberhard Kornfeld (famously, the dealer of Cornelius Gurlitt) and Otto Kallir, also known as Nierenstein.  
Museums include the NGA, Carnegie Museum of Art, Harvard Art Museums, UK Museums listed in the Spoliation Reports of the Collections Trust, The Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston


urlprovenanceaccnumName
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.57152.html(Galerie Kornfeld); acquired 1979 by the National Gallery of Art1979.45.1Kornfeld
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.57153.html(Galerie Kornfeld); acquired 1979 by the National Gallery of Art1979.45.2Kornfeld
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.46794.html(Klipstein and Kornfeld, 1957); Lessing J. Rosenwald, Alverthopre, PA; gift to NGA, 1963.1963.11.61Kornfeld
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.56393.html(sale, Bern, Kornfeld und Klipstein 10 June 1976, lot 729, ill.); (Fischer Fine Art, London); (William H. Schab Gallery, New York); purchased by NGA, 1977.1977.62.1Kornfeld
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.139129.html(sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 22 June 1990, no. 984); Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.2007.111.41Kornfeld
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.139257.html(sale, Gerd Rosen, Berlin, 18 November 1957, no. 512). (sale, Kornfeld, Bern, 17 June 1987, no. 251). Wolfgang Ratjen; purchased 2007 by NGA.2007.111.176Kornfeld
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.72170.html(sale, Klipstein & Kornfeld, Bern, 25 May 1962, no. 530); unidentified stamp on back of mount. (L'Oeil Galerie, Paris), c. 1965. Ruth Carter Stevenson; gift 1991 to NGA.1991.38.1Kornfeld
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.131153.htmlCarl Heumann, Chemnitz [1886-1945](Lugt 555b and 2841a); taken to West Germany by his heirs after the war and remained in the family (sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 17 June 2004, no. 43); (C.G. Boerner, Inc., New York); purchased 2004 by NGA.2005.15.2Kornfeld
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.63217.htmlDr. Rüdiger Graf von der Goltz, Düsseldorf; (sale, Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern, 20-21 June 1973, no. 362); D. Thomas Bergen, London; Carus Gallery, New York.1984.18.1Kornfeld
http://collection.cmoa.org/CollectionDetail.aspx?item=1011345Egon Schiele [1890-1918], Vienna, Austria. Franz Friedrich (Fritz) Grunbaum collection, Vienna, Austria, before WWII [1]; his sister-in-law Mathilde Lukacs, Vienna, Austria and Brussels, Belgium; Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern, Switzerland, 1956 [2]; Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY, 1956; gift of Otto Kalir (owner of Galerie St. tienne) to Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, February 1960.

Notes:
[1]. See information in curatorial file on extensive litigation regarding another Schiele drawing, which also involves a Gutekunst & Klipstein and Galerie St. tienne provenance. It includes claims/counter claims of legal ownership of the Grunbaum collection during/after WWII and the role of various parties, including Mathilde Lukacs and the aforementioned galleries, in its eventual disposition.
[2]. Eberhard Kornfeld was gallery partner at the time; now Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland.

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http://collection.cmoa.org/CollectionDetail.aspx?item=1011345Egon Schiele [1890-1918], Vienna, Austria. Franz Friedrich (Fritz) Grunbaum collection, Vienna, Austria, before WWII [1]; his sister-in-law Mathilde Lukacs, Vienna, Austria and Brussels, Belgium; Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern, Switzerland, 1956 [2]; Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY, 1956; gift of Otto Kalir (owner of Galerie St. Étienne) to Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, February 1960.

Notes:
[1]. See information in curatorial file on extensive litigation regarding another Schiele drawing, which also involves a Gutekunst & Klipstein and Galerie St. Étienne provenance. It includes claims/counter claims of legal ownership of the Grunbaum collection during/after WWII and the role of various parties, including Mathilde Lukacs and the aforementioned galleries, in its eventual disposition.
[2]. Eberhard Kornfeld was gallery partner at the time; now Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland.

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https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/299487Ernest (?) Chausson, sold [through Nouvelle Galerie Simonson, Paris, December 16, 1933, lot 525 ("La Veillée dans un Intérieur Moldave, étude prep. pour la gravure (Bonvenne 56) en contre-partie. Dessin à la plume sur papier bis. Signé et daté sur la hotte de cheminée: Rodolphe Bresdin 1856. 150 x 105."]. Louis Godefroy, Paris. [Kornfeld and Klipstein, Bern, June 13-14, 1974, lot 78]. [Robert M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara], sold, to David P. Becker, Portland, Maine, 1977, gift, to Harvard University Art Museums, 2004.2004.182Kornfeld
http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/kirchner-ernst-ludwig-1880-1938Given by the artist as part of a donation to the Kunstverein Jena in 1918, in honour of Botho Graef (1857-1917), Professor of Classical Archaeology at Jena University and Kirchner's mentor. The whole gift, including this work, was confiscated from the museum by the Nazis as 'degenerate' in 1937. *Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Cologne by 1940. *Offered in a sale at Galerie Kornfeld, Bern in June 1966.*Acquired at this sale by Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt for 6,000 Swiss Francs. It appeared in the stock catalogues of the Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath of 1967 (estimate DM 11,000) and of 1968 (estimate DM 9.700). Bought from there in 1968 by a private collector, Wiesbaden. Offered by Hauswedell und Nolte, Hamburg in June 1973 at an estimate of DM 16,000. Acquired from above by Dr Ernst Hauswedell for DM 22,000. According to Dr Hauswedell's last will, the work was sold at auction by his firm in June 1984. Acquired in 1984 by Lutz Riester, Freiburg.GMA 2924Kornfeld
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.46355.htmlJ.D. Lempereur, Paris; (sale, Paris, 1773, no. 696 ?). Junius S. Morgan, Princeton and Paris [1867-1932]; ( Dr. John Audley Harvey (Lugt 1409); Dr. Rossieux, Vevey, Switzerland; (sale, Bern, Kornfeld and Klipstein, 7 February 1957); Lessing J. Rosenwald, Alverthorpe, PA; gift to NGA, 1961.1961.17.51Kornfeld
http://collection.cmoa.org/CollectionDetail.aspx?item=1011021Klipstein & Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland59.43Kornfeld
http://collection.cmoa.org/CollectionDetail.aspx?item=1011021Klipstein & Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland59.43Kornfeld
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/296827Possibly Isaac Walraven, Amsterdam, sold through [De Winter, Yver, Amsterdam, 14 October 1765, lot 562]. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam (L. 3002-3004 with his mark). Karl Eduard von Liphart, Dorpat, Bonn and Florence (L. 1687 with his mark), bequest, to Freiherr Reinhold von Liphart, Rathshof near Dorpat, Russia (L. 1758 with his mark), sold through [C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 26 April 1898, lot 101], to Meder. Rudolf Philip Goldschmidt, Berlin (L. 2926, with his mark), sold through [F.A.C. Prestell, Frankfurt am Main, 4-11 October 1917, lot 46]. [Karl Ernst Henrici, Berlin, 29 May 1918, lot 68]. H. Deiker, Braunfels. [Klipstein and Kornfeld, Bern], sold, to Dr. and Mrs. George C. Shattuck, Brookline, MA, 1961, gift, to Fogg Art Museum, 1961.1961.52Kornfeld
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.118731.htmlProbably (Moderne Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser, Munich).[1] Dr. Walter Minnich [1864-1940], Montreaux; gift 1937 to the Kunstmuseum, Lucerne; (sale, Klipstein & Kornfeld, Bern, 25-26 May 1962, no. 931); London art market; private collection, Rome; [2] (Galerie Anne Abels, Cologne); sold c. 1970 to Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Saltzman, Sands Point, New York; [3] gift (partial and promised) 2000 to NGA.[1] A seal of the Galerie Thannhauser is recorded as having been on the back of the painting, on the stretcher, when it was sold in 1962. However this seal is no longer evident. [2] Post 1962 sale provenance according to Aya Soika, Max Pechstein : das Werkverzeichnis der Ölgemälde, Munich, 2011, p. 326, repro.[3] The Saltzmans lent the painting to the 1970 exhibition in Ithaca and Rochester.2000.178.1Kornfeld
http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/drawn-by-barnuevo-sebastian-de-herreraPurchased from Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox Ltd;Previous owner/ex-collection Kornfeld;Previous owner/ex-collection Houthakker, Lodewijk1993,0724.2Kornfeld
http://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/rembrandt-harmensz-van-rijn-14R.Peltzer, Cologne, sold Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 13-14 May 1914 (308);H. Wendland, Lugano;Sale, Kornfeld and Klipstein, Berne, 14 June 1967 (254);where acquired through Colnaghi by SeilernD.1978.PG.404Kornfeld
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.46198.htmlReportedly from the chapel of the Château de Sassangy, Saône-et-Loire. Reportedly Dr. Simon Meller, former curator of sculpture, Szépmüvészeti Múzeum [Museum of Fine Arts], Budapest, possibly in his Munich house before 1934, or at an unknown date in Paris;[1] Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York, by 1935; (Jacques Seligmann et Cie, New York);[2] purchased 1957 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1961 to NGA.[1] The references to the sculpture's provenance from the chapel of the Château de Sassangy and Simon Meller's Paris collection are in an undated text presumably provided either by Seligmann or the Kress Foundation, in NGA curatorial files. On the Château de Sassangy, its owners and construction phases since the fifteenth century, see Françoise Vignier, Bourgogne, Nivernais (Dictionnaire des château de France, ed. Yvan Christ, vol. 9) (Paris, 1980), 285. In the nineteenth century the château belonged to the La Roche La Carelle family, at least one of whose members was reputedly a great collector of works of art. No inventories or sale records for their collection are known to survive. This information was supplied by the Service Régional de l'Inventaire Général des Monuments et des Richesses Artistiques de la France en Bourgogne, letter to Alison Luchs, 18 December 1986, in NGA curatorial files. The reference to Meller's Munich house is inscribed on a photograph in the possession of William Forsyth, curator emeritus of medieval art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, bearing a date 1935 and inscribed "New York, Hirsch Collection." In a letter to Alison Luchs, 14 February 1986, Prof. Willibald Sauerländer of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich, reported that Meller had come to Munich after 1920 and emigrated in 1934, and that Professor Theodor Müller, who had visited his home there, did not recall seeing the marble Madonna there or elsewhere in Munich. Anthony Geber has pointed out that a limestone Virgin and Child with a jewel-encrusted crown, strikingly similar to the marble example now in Washington, once belonged to Meller. Conceivably the source that placed the Washington sculpture in Meller's house had confused the two. For the limestone Virgin and Child see Régi Egyházmüvészet Országos Kiállítása [Ausstellung Alter Kirchlicher Kunst], exh. cat., Országos Magyar Iparmüvészeti Muzeum, (Budapest, 1930), no. 5, pl. 2. This work at the time belonged to Baron Móric Kornfeld. Notes of c. 1952-1962 by Anthony Geber's father (typescript copy in NGA curatorial files), Antal Geber, on the Kornfeld collection indicate this sculpture was "from Meller, but returned."[2] Raphael Stora was also "involved in the sale" to Seligmann (letter, Perry Cott to Mme Georges Bouchot Saupique, 9 October 1964, in NGA curatorial files).1961.9.99Kornfeld
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/297426Von Eelking, sold, [Heberle, 3-4 June, 1902, lot 133]. Private Collector, (Scandinavia), sold, Amsler and Ruthardt, Berlin, 25-27 May 1908, lot 415]. F. Güterbock. Dr. E. Schilling, London.;Dr. W. Feilchenfeldt, Zurich. Eberhard Kornfeld, Bern, sold, to Fogg Art Museum, 1955, through [Richard H. Zinsser, Forest Hills, New York].1955.93Kornfeld
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.56662.html(Galerie Nebehay, Vienna); sold 1919 to Otto [d. 1926] and Eugenia Primavesi, Vienna;[1] acquired 1928 with other paintings from Eugenia Primavesi by Hugo or Otto Bernatzig (or Bernatzik), Vienna. Brought to the United States by Josef Urban [1872-1933], New York.[2] (Galérie St. Etienne, New York), possibly by 1959;[3] Otto and Franciska Kallir, New York; acquired 1978 through gift and purchase by NGA.[1] According to Tobias G. Natter, cited in Klimt, Schiele, Moser, Kokoschka. Vienne 1900, Exh. cat., Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 2005-2006: unnumbered catalogue. The name Sigmund Primavesi that is listed in the painting's provenance in the 1965 Guggenheim exhibition catalogue is probably an error.[2] According to Jane Kallir, Saved from Europe: Otto Kallir and the History of the Galerie St. Etienne, Exh. cat., Galerie St. Etienne, New York, 1999: pl. 16. [3] The Galerie St. Etienne, whose owners were Otto and Franciska Kallir, included the painting in its 1959 Klimt exhibition. Mrs. Josef Urban was listed in the catalogue as a lender, but which painting(s) she lent is not specified, so it is possible she had inherited the painting from her husband and still owned it in 1959.1978.41.1Kallir
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/154235Arthur von Franquet (died 1931), Braunschweig, from 1893 [acquired directly from the artist; see correspondence in Munch Museum archives, Oslo]; by descent to his nephew Herbert von Franquet, 1931. Sold to Neue Galerie, Vienna, 25 September 1935 [letter from Otto Kallir Nirenstein, Neue Galerie, to Edvard Munch, 26 September 1935, in Munch Museum archives, in which he states that he bought the picture the previous day and it "stammt aus der Sammlung Franquet," copy in curatorial file]. Harald Hort Halvorsen, Oslo, 1937 [bought in Paris in 1937 according to Halvorsen 1952]; sold by him to Pål Kavli, Oslo, c. 1937; by descent to Kavli’s second wife, Reidun Kavli (died 1996) [see correspondence and notes in curatorial file]; sold to Mr. Allan Andersen, Denmark; Luc Bellier, Paris as agent for Allan Andersen; sold to the Art Institute, 2000.2000.50Kallir
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.53996.htmlDr. Otto Kallir (Galerie St. Etienne, New York); Purchased 1973 by NGA.1973.39.1Kallir
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.53826.htmlDr. Otto Kallir; gift to NGA, 1973.1973.24.1Kallir
http://collection.cmoa.org/CollectionDetail.aspx?item=1011410Erich Lederer; Mrs. Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich, Switzerland

[Erich Lederer, Austrian, fled to Switzerland in 1930s, brought most of his Schiele collection with him (Kallir, Schiele Catalogue raisonne)]
61.27Kallir
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/299849Gift of the artist to Emilie Flöge, Vienna, Austria. [Neue Galerie, Vienna, Austria (by 1933), Galerie St. Etienne, Paris, France (by 1939), Galerie St. Etienne, New York (by 1950)], Otto Kallir, gift, to Fogg Museum (1956-1966);Note: Otto Kallir owned the Neue Galerie, Vienna, and the Galerie St. Etienne, Paris and New York.BR66.4Kallir
http://collection.cmoa.org/CollectionDetail.aspx?item=1011166Gustav Klimt [1862-1918], Vienna, Austria; Gustav Nebehay [1881-1935], Vienna, Austria [1]; Joseph Urban [1872-1933], Yonkers, NY and New York, NY, by June 1922 until July 10, 1933 [2]; private collection, New York, NY, 1959 [3]; Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY [4]; purchased by Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, February 1960.

Notes:
[1]. From Fritz Novotny and Johannes Dobai, "Gustav Klimt," Verlag Galerie Weltz, Salzburg, 1967, no. 164, p. 347, illustrated.
[2]. Carl (Karl) Maria Georg Joseph (Josef) Urban, born in Vienna, Austria, was a noted stage and film designer and architect, who immigrated to the United States in 1912. See letter from Neue Galerie, New York, dated June 13, 2016, regarding Urban's ownership of the painting and its exhibition at the opening of Wiener Werkstätte of America, Inc. in June1922.
[3]. Mrs. Joseph Urban (Mary Porter Beegle Urban.) Mrs. Urban is listed as a lender to the 1959 Klimt exhibition at Galerie St. Etienne in New York City, where the painting was included and illustrated in the catalogue. Information from Jane Kallir and Hildegard Bachert of Galerie St. Etienne (specifically e-mails reporting on conversations with them, dated May-June 2003) confirms the descent of the painting in the Urban family, specifically his widow, who sold it to the gallery after the 1959 Klimt exhibition there.
[4]. Galerie St. Etienne (Otto Kallir) sent the painting to the museum on approval sometime in late 1959, likely in December 1959. The museum agreed to terms for the purchase of the painting in January 1960 and accessioned it the following month.
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https://collections.mfa.org/objects/34173/two-nudes-loversJuly, 1913, sold by the artist to Franz Hauer (b. 1867 – d. 1914), Vienna [see note 1]. Probably about 1914/1915, acquired Oskar Reichel (b. 1869 - d. 1943), Vienna [see note 2], February, 1939, transferred by Reichel to Otto Kallir (b. 1894 - d. 1978), Galerie St. Etienne, Paris and New York [see note 3], 1945, sold by Galerie St. Etienne, New York, to the Nierendorf Gallery, New York, 1945, sold by Nierendorf to Silberman Galleries, New York, 1947/1948, probably sold by Silberman to Sarah Reed (Mrs. John) Blodgett, later Sarah Reed Platt (d. by 1972), Grand Rapids, Portland, Oregon and Santa Barbara, 1973, bequest of Sarah Reed Platt to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 11, 1973);NOTES;[1] Kokoschka wrote to Franz Hauer on July 21, 1913 outlining the terms of Hauer’s acquisition of the painting Lovers (“Liebespaar”) the following day. After Hauer’s death in 1914, the painting was listed in an inventory of his estate as the Dancing Nude Couple (“Akt Tanzender Paar”). Many thanks to Christian Bauer of the State Gallery of Lower Austria and Katharina Erling of the Kokoschka catalogue raisonné project for supplying this information. Also see Bernadette Reinhold, "Art Enthusiast and Enfant Most Terrible," in Franz Hauer: Self-Made Man and Art Collector (exh. cat., Landesgalerie Niederösterreich, 2019), pp. 94-95.;[2] Dr. Oskar Reichel was an admirer, collector, and patron of Kokoschka's work. Tobias G. Natter, Die Welt von Klimt, Schiele und Kokoschka: Sammler und Mäzene (Cologne, 2003), 254, suggests he acquired the painting around 1914/1915. It was first published as being in Dr. Reichel's collection by Paul Westheim in Das Kunstblatt 1 (1917), p. 319.;[3] On February 1, 1939, Reichel transferred the painting--along with four other Kokoschka paintings--to the dealer Otto Kallir, who at that time ran the Galerie St. Etienne in Paris. Kallir exhibited it in Paris that spring and brought it to the United States later that year. After his arrival in the United States, he paid Reichel's two sons, who had already immigrated to North and South America, for the paintings. Kallir opened a branch of his Galerie St. Etienne in New York and exhibited this work often between 1940 and 1945.;For further information, please see "Resolved Claims" at http://www.mfa.org/collections/provenance/nazi-era-provenance-research1973.196Kallir
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.82933.htmlLeopold Hauer [1896-1984], Vienna; Otto Kallir (Galerie St. Etienne, New York); Hildegard Bachert, New York, 1950; gift to NGA, 1997.1997.127.1Kallir




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