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Edward Molyneux

Paris-based British fashion designer and art dealer between the 1920s and 1950s (1891-1974)

  • Captain Edward H. Molyneux

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Provenance Purchased in 1933 by (Alfred Daber, Paris); sold to Georges Renand [1879-1968], Paris.[1] Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1947;[2] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[3] bequest 1970 to NGA.[1] Daber and Renand according to Jean and Henry Dauberville, Bonnard, catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 1966.[2] Probably lent by Molyneux to the Orangerie in 1947; definitely exhibited as part of his collection at the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 1952.[3] Purchase from Molyneux according to the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now in NGA Gallery Archives (copy NGA curatorial records). (English)
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While there is no reason to suspect Molyneux of knowingly buying looted art, at least some of the paintings came from a Paris dealer named Paul Petrides, who actively collaborated with Nazi art looters, according to U.S. Army files. In a letter dated December 1977, Petrides described Molyneux as "a faithful client who bought a lot of paintings from me." (In addition to his tainted dealings with the Nazis, Petrides also owned a perfectly legitimate Paris gallery.) (English)
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23 December 2019
Edward Molyneux
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Capt. Edward Henry Molyneux (5 Sep 1891 - 23 Mar 1974)
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