Sep 30, 2021
Sep 24, 2021
Pinakothek Munich: artworks with no provenance transferred from the German state
Where to find the provenance of artworks held at the Pinakothek in Bavaria, Germany?
Not, it seems, on the Pinakothek website.
Frequently, the information provided in the Origin or Herkunft field limits itself to the mention: "on loan" or "transferred from the German state".
But there is no link or reference to any further information.
Yet we know that many looted artworks returned to Germany after the war and then distributed to museums "on loan" or as "transfers").
How to verify whether or not an artwork held at the Pinakothek is referenced in the LostArt.de database, the DHM Munich or Linz databases?
To find out, we will look at a selection of artworks at the Pinakothek, many of which are "on loan" or transferred from State possession.
See file here
(please note: The dataset contains only a few hundred artworks out of the more than 8000 artworks created before 1940 that contain the word "Überweisung")
Sep 20, 2021
Waldmüller, Hitler and Collections Today
Hilter loved the art of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (15 January 1793 in Vienna – 23 August 1865 in Hinterbrühl, Austria). Waldmüller was a Nazi favourite. So much so that in examining the provenances of Waldmüller art acquired after 1933, one can reasonably wonder :
How likely is it that this Waldmüller did not pass through Nazi hands?
In this post we try to get a sense of what is known (and not known) about the provenance of artworks attributed to Waldmüller.
Sep 2, 2021
DATASET: Carnegie Museum of Art merged with Github provenances
DATASET: Provenance information gathered from the 2015 CMOA Github merged with information from the Carnegie Museum of Art online collections website
Description: This dataset contains publicly available information originally published online by the Carnegie Museum of Art which has been formatted by OAD as a CSV file for easy download and analysis with digital tools. Many of the artworks in the list also appear on the Nazi Era Provenance Internet Portal (NEPIP). For more recent updates or additional information concerning the artworks, please contact the Carnegie Museum of Art.
The CMOA collections dataset was published on Github by the Carnegie Museum of Art under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 licence (no copyright).
It has been enhanced with a NEW URL field in order to link to the CMOA museum website.
Date data retrieved: August 2021
AOD Version: 1.0
Format: CSV Click to DOWNLOAD CSV
Aug 31, 2021
Dataset: Problematic provenances of artworks in Dutch museums 31 AUG 2021
DATASET:
Artworks published on the Dutch site Museale Verwervingen Vanaf 1933 (Investigation into the provenance of museum collections in connection with the theft, confiscation and sale of objects under duress between 1933 and 1945.)
Description:
This dataset contains publicly available information originally published online by the Dutch authorities which has been formatted as a CSV file for easy download and analysis with digital tools. It includes 167 artworks selected by Dutch museums because they changed hands in Europe during the Nazi era (1933-1945) and have incomplete provenances. It is intended to facilitate research into Holocaust-era provenance for scholars, art historians, families, and data scientists.
Contents: 167 artworks selected for provenance research by museums in the Netherlands
note: The objects were selected by museums in the Netherlands many of which declined to participant. The selection is not complete.
Date Retrieval:
31 August 2021
Date Publication:
31 August 2021
Information in the Dataset:
RetrievalDate, Source Url, Artist, Title, Year, Technique, Inventorynumber, Category, Museum, Conclusion,Explanation, Provenance, Dimensions
RetrievalDate, Source Url, Artist, Title, Year, Technique, Inventorynumber, Category, Museum, Conclusion,Explanation, Provenance, Dimensions
DOWNLOAD CSV
Aug 12, 2021
Detector Tool Tutorial: ranking by number of Red Flag and Restitution Case Names
This post, in the educational series on the experimental digital tool for analysing provenance texts, demonstrates Ranking by Red Flag Names (photo: Albright-Knox).
Work in progress. Feedback welcome.
Jul 21, 2021
Tutorial for the Looted Art Detector: Using custom indicators
Looted Art Detector: Part 2 Using custom indicators
example with : ALIU Red Flag restorers
The user can analyse provenances for any names or words that seem interesting.
The list below contains the last names of art restorers who were investigated by the OSS Art Looting Investigation Unit for their role in the art market for Nazi-looted art.
Jul 18, 2021
Looted Art Detector Tool: Swiss GLAMHACK2021
Objective: Identify high priority artworks for provenance research
Description: Online Free Digital Tool
Approach: Automatic text analysis using frequency counts
note: The frequency counts target textual indicators of UNCERTAINTY, UNRELIABILITY, or ANONYMITY, as well as the possible presence of RED FLAG names related to NAZI-looted art, forced sales and duress sales.
The resulting calculations do not signify that an artwork is looted. They simply quantify observations concerning the text for further analysis.
How it works:
Jul 15, 2021
Cultural property at the Oberfinanzdirektion München Bundesarchiv: archives
Fiduciary management of cultural property at the Oberfinanzdirektion München Bundesarchiv 2010
Jun 22, 2021
Bruno Lohse Nazi Art Looter Transcription of ALIU Detailed Interrogation Report NARA RG239 DIR 6
The text below is a transcription of a document in the National Archives concerning Nazi art looting that was declassified in 1975. It concerns the notorious Nazi art looter, Bruno Lohse. This Detailed Interrogation Report was written by Monuments Man and OSS Art Looting Investigation Unit member James S. Plaut in 1945. It detailed the interrogation of Nazi art looter Bruno Lohse conducted from June 15, 1945 to August 15, 1945.
NARA : copy of transcription D. I. R. # 6 - Bruno Lohse, 1945-1946
A photocopy of the Detailed Interrogation Report Number 6 can be downloaded here: Download PDF
The text, transcribed in a digital searchable text, is below
Jun 21, 2021
Let's run 1000 NEPIP provenances that contain Munich through the Looted Art Detector
In the previous post we gathered one thousand provenances of artworks listed (for the most part) by American museums on the Nazi Era Provenance Internet Portal that contain the word "Munich" or "München" in the provenance text.
In this post, using the Looted Art Detector developed at the Swiss Glamhack2020 and Glamhack2021, we rank artworks that contain a mention of Munich according to the criteria of "Uncertainty".
Jun 19, 2021
The Munich Connection
Research Question: How did Nazi plunder get from a cabal of looted art dealers in Munich to the art museums of the United States of America?
Which names have replaced theirs in the provenance texts?
Jun 12, 2021
Lostart "Nicht Mehr im Besizt" June 2021
German Lost Art Foundation Database
Objects listed as "No Longer Owned" as of June 2021
"nicht mehr im Besitz"
| Number of objects | 49 |
|---|---|
| Holding | nicht mehr im Besitz |
| Description | Die Kunstverwaltung des Bundes verfügt über eine eigene Provenienzdatenbank betreffend den sogenannten Restbestand CCP, die unter folgendem Link zu recherchieren ist: external link |
Jun 9, 2021
Data Visualization Test
How to grasp the scale of the transfer from Jewish art collectors persecuted by the Nazi to museums in the United States, Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, as well as countries in South America?
Some experiments in data visualization.
First, an overview (attention: the figures are not real, they are only to test the visualization.)
The Nazis looted so much. Destroyed so many lives. How to represent this in a way that is understandable, meaningful - and actionable?
The devil is in the detail.
May 30, 2021
Gurlitt: The scandal continues
When an art historian sees the Gurlitt name in any text, the first thought should be: is it a lie?
CIR 4 LINZ S. Lane Faison describes Hitler's Linz museum as "a monument to Safe Art"
From June 1945 until the spring of 1946, Faison, Plaut, and Rousseau detained and interrogated hundreds of Nazi officials and collaborators on the whereabouts of looted works of art. - Monuments Men Foundation
May 29, 2021
"Special Nazi law covered the seizure of Jewish and enemy property." - CIR 4 Chapter IX Conclusions and Recommendations
"Special Nazi law covered the seizure of Jewish and enemy property."
Excerpt from Art Looting Investigation Unit Consolidated Interrogation Report Number 4: Linz
May 28, 2021
Karl W. Bümming: Key figure in movement of looted works of art between Germany and Switzerland.
"Key figure in movement of looted works of art between Germany and Switzerland."
Question for provenance researchers: Who was Karl W. Bümming?
CIR 1
Post-War Reports :
Activity of the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg in France: C.I.R. No.1 15 August 1945 (a transcribed fully searchable text of the Report)
OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES ART LOOTING INVESTIGATION UNIT APO 413 U.S. ARMY CONSOLIDATED INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 1 15
August 1945 ACTIVITY OF THE EINSTATZSTAB ROSENBERG IN FRANCE
J. S. PLAUT Lieutenant, USNR Director
Distribution US Chief of Counsel (War Crimes) Doc. Div. 6 J.A. Sect. (War Crimes) 3rd US Army 5 US Group CC (Germany), MFA & A 4 USFET, MFA & A 2 USFAustria (USACA), MFA & A 2 G-5 Civil Affairs War Dept. 2 Roberts Commission 2 EWD State Dept. 2 Brit. El. CC. Germany, MFA & A 4 A.C.A. (British), MFA & A 2 M.E.W. 2 M.I.5. 2 D.G.E.R. 4 Commiss. Gen. Netherlands (Ec. Recup.) 2 [p. i]
(as published on lootedart.com)
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