| Owner: | Paul Rosenberg — Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Collection: | (Sel) Arnold, Andre and Jacques Seligmann | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Inventory No.: | Sel. 557 Inv. Nr. alte Slg.: VII,3 Aus Besitz Paul Rosenberg, Paris. Kiste Nr. E 164 |
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| Artist: | 1919, Picasso | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium: | Works on Paper | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Title: | Stilleben an offener Balkontür mit Blick auf das Meer. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: | Graphisches Blatt von P.Picasso Radierung und Mehrfarbendruck auf aufgezogenem Papier. Mit handschriftlicher Widmung: a mon Paul Rosenberg, Picasso. H. 35 cm Br. 24,6 cm |
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| Literature: | The French title for this gouache on paper is "Nature morte devant une fenêtre à Saint-Raphaël [Le balcon]." It was painted in the spring and summer of 1919, according to the Online Picasso Project. It is currently at the Nationalgalerie Berlin, Museum Berggruen, and is on loan to the National Gallery of London. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Provenance and Comments: | This item was in a crate supplied by the Schenker company and stored at the German Embassy in Paris in the summer of 1940. The ERR staff at the Jeu de Paume made a mistake and misidentified the artist as Picansso from the early 19th century! According to the ERR card, this work by Picasso came from the Paul Rosenberg collection in Paris. The ERR inventory page in B323/287 refers back to the Paul Rosenberg inventory connected with the initial seizures of Jewish-owned collections in Paris in the summer of 1940. Paul Rosenberg's property was listed under Roman numeral VII. The German Embassy inventory lists the gouache as part of Paul Rosenberg's Paris collection. This particular gouache on paper bears the German Embassy desigator of VII, 3. Nevertheless, the item is labeled as belonging to the Seligmann collection under SEL 557. After the war, it was returned to the Seligmann heirs according to the Munich Central Collecting Point (MCCP) files. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 25 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/287; B323/288 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 35 cm x 24,6 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Intake place: | 21, rue de la Boetie, Paris | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-08-00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Louvre | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-11-00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Lager Peter | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Munich No.: | 423/6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Repatriation date: | 1946-09-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Restituted? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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