| Owner: | Arthur Weil-Picard — Paris, France | ||||||||
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| Collection: | (WP) Weil-Picard | ||||||||
| Inventory No.: | W.-P. 49 Kiste Nr. WP 9 |
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| Artist: | 1777, Pajou | ||||||||
| Medium: | Sculpture | ||||||||
| Title: | Büste einer jungen Frau [Marie-Louise Albertine Martin] | ||||||||
| Description: | Das Haar ist hochgekämmt, nach hinten in Spirallocken um den Hals fallend. Das Gewand, das die Schulteransätze freilässt, wird über der linken Brust durch ein Band gehalten. AGF.Dr.Ku./Dr.Sch./Dr.Je./Dr.W. Terrakotta H. mit Sockel 57,8 cm (Sockel 11 cm) sign. u. dat.: Pajou sculp. Reg. (?) faciebet 1777 Im Reich: Jan. 41 - März 43 |
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| Literature: | A photo reproduction of this work confirms the match with WP 49. It appears in "Augustin Pajou, Royal sculptor, 1730-1809," by James David Draper, fig. 235, page 387. | ||||||||
| Provenance and Comments: | This terracotta by Pajou was removed on 5 November 1940 from the Banque de France. French restitution records mis-label this work by Pajou as WP 5 in Kiste Nr. WP 1. | ||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 27 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/260, B323/291; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||
| Measurements: | 57,8 cm; 11 cm | ||||||||
| Signed? | Yes | ||||||||
| Intake place: | Vault 63, Banque de France, Paris | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | DSK | ||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-10-29 | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Louvre | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Neuschwanstein | ||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||
| Repatriation date: | 1945-11-17 | ||||||||
| Restituted? | Yes | ||||||||
| Restitution date: | 1946-04-16 | ||||||||
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