Owner: [Mme. Renée] Léonce Bernheim — Brissac, France
Collection: (L. Bern) [Mme. Renée] Léonce Bernheim
Inventory No.: L. Bern 1
Kiste Nr. IMP (ex-Divers 14)
Geloscht Gruppe Imp 3
Kiste Nr. Gruppe I Imp 3
Kiste Nr. Divers 34 [1944]
Artist: Van Gogh, geb. 1853 Groot-Zundert, gest. 1890 Auvers-sur-Oise
Medium: Paintings
Title: Frau in rotem Kleid auf einem Stuhl sitzend, [Buste de femme en corsage]
Description: hinter ihr Mann in blauem Kittel und gelbem Strohhut, der seinen linken Arm auf die Stuhllehne und Schulter der Frau legt.
AGL/Tom/St. Wa.
Öl auf Lwd.
34 x 24.
Zugangstag, in Paris: 14.8.41
Literature:
Provenance and Comments: This painting was stored in a crate handed over to the French Musées Nationaux for safekeeping in 1939. The Germans seized it in August 1941. The painting was shipped to Nikolsburg on 5 May 1944. Léonce Bernheim died at Auschwitz in December 1944. As of 1947, there were no signs that the painting had been recovered by his widow, Renée.
Archival Sources: RG 260 M1943 Reel 1 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/267; B323/312; RA 32, RA 612, RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France
Measurements: 34 x 24 cm
Intake place: Jeu de Paume
Intake date: 1941-08-14
Transfer place: Nikolsburg
Transfer date: 1944-05-04
Restituted? No
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