(Q109845953)
Statements
7 April 1944
22 June 1966
1 reference
Mrs. Desché, Paris (by descent and sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Succession de Madame D., December 3, 1927, lot 34, titled La récolte des haricots )Georges Bernheim, Paris (acquired at the above sale)Paul Rosenberg, Paris Simon Bauer, Paris (acquired from the above as of 1930) Confiscated by French government, Vichy (October 13, 1943)Jane Eudeline (acquired from the above through the intermediary of Jean-François Lefranc, appointed by the Commissariat aux questions juives of the Vichy regime, on 7 April 1944) David B. Findlay, New York (acquired from the above and sold: Sotheby's, London, June 22, 1966, lot 42)Daniel Maggin, New York (acquired at the above sale, by descent and sold: Christie's, New York, May 11, 1995, lot 102)Bruce E. & Robbi S. Toll, Philadelphia (acquired at the above sale) Restituted by the French Government to the heirs of Simon Bauer in November 2017, decision confirmed by the Cour de Cassation on July 1st, 2020. (English)
17 May 2024
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"If the Nazi ERR stamp is, in fact, on the back of the painting, then those two museums (David Findlay Galleries Inc. and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art) and President Boren must have or should have known that this painting was, indeed, stolen by the Nazis," Wesselhöft said in the release. (English)