| Owner: | Paul Rosenberg — Paris, France | ||||||||||||
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| Collection: | (BoR) Botschaft Rothschild--The largest collections stolen in France mostly by specialized elements of the German occupation forces belonged to the Rothschild family. The German Embassy in Paris guided by Ambassador Otto Abetz, oversaw the plunder of property belonging to various members of the Rothschild family, including Maurice, Alexandrine, James-Armand and Edmond. These early removals of Rothschild property occurred in the summer and fall of 1940 and were greatly aided by the Devisenschutzkommando (DSK), a securities and financial fraud police organization that had jurisdiction over bank vaults and safe deposit boxes where thousands of art objects were stored for safekeeping. | ||||||||||||
| Inventory No.: | BoR 168 Kiste Nr. B 144 |
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| Artist: | Degas | ||||||||||||
| Medium: | Works on Paper | ||||||||||||
| Title: | Drei Tänzerinnen, die eine rechts von einer Kulisse überschnitten. | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Pastell 88 x 61 cm gerahmt Bezeichnet Signatur: unten links: Degas Zugangstag: In Paris: übernommen von der Botschaft G. |
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| Literature: | Aus Besitz Rosenberg und Bernstein, Bordeaux. | ||||||||||||
| Provenance and Comments: | A number of Paul Rosenberg's art objects which were seized in the early months of the German occupation of France were brought to the German Embassy in Paris. Some mixups occurred in the inventorying which explains why this work by Degas bears the BoR label which links it with the Rothschild collection. See Degas | ||||||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/304; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 88 x 61 cm | ||||||||||||
| Framed? | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Signed? | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Intake place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1941-05-02 | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Lager Peter | ||||||||||||
| Restituted? | Yes | ||||||||||||
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