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Joseph Mallord William Turner - Glaucus and Scylla - Google Art Project.jpg
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Glaucus and Scylla (English)
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The Kimbell acquired Glaucus and Scylla from New York's Newhouse Galleries in 1966. It was among the first pieces purchased by Richard Brown, the museum's director in the years leading up to its opening, in 1972. When Brown purchased the piece, there was no indication in its provenance that it had ever been confiscated or sold in a forced auction. The gallery maintained that from 1902 until after 1950, a French collector owned the painting. (English)
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The Kimbell acquired Glaucus and Scylla from New York's Newhouse Galleries in 1966. It was among the first pieces purchased by Richard Brown, the museum's director in the years leading up to its opening, in 1972. When Brown purchased the piece, there was no indication in its provenance that it had ever been confiscated or sold in a forced auction. The gallery maintained that from 1902 until after 1950, a French collector owned the painting. The reconstructed history of the Turner now has it disappearing after the 1943 auction and resurfacing in 1956, when Emile Leitz of Paris sold it to a London dealer. It was bought by the Howard Young Galleries in New York in 1957 and presumably sold to a Mrs. Chamberlain, who owned it until 1966, when it came into the possession of the Newhouse. The gallery, no longer in business, sold it to the Kimbell for an undisclosed sum. (English)
1966
2006
unknown value
19 April 2007
AP 1966.11
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