| Owner: | Fernand Halphen — Paris, France |
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| Collection: | (HAL) Halphen--The HAL collection is actually a misnomer since it combines assets belonging to two branches of the Halphen family and spouses, commingled by ERR staff members responsible for carding and producing inventories as a single Halphen collection. All objects plundered under HAL were removed from three locations in Paris which belonged to Emile Halphen and Fernand Halphen between July 1940 and February 1941. |
| Inventory No.: | [HAL] |
| Artist: | Claude Monet |
| Medium: | Paintings |
| Title: | La Seine à Asnières/Les Péniches sur la Seine |
| Description: | Au fonds, maisons de la banlieue parisienne 55 x 74 cm |
| Literature: | Acquired from Durand-Ruel |
| Provenance and Comments: | This painting was taken by agents of the German Embassy in Paris on 10 July 1940 from the apartment of Mrs. Fernand Halphen. The Paris dealer, Raphael Gerard, acquired the painting shortly thereafter and sold it to a German businessman, Waldemar Strenger. In May 1948, thanks to an introduction by Adolf Wuester, Strenger met Otto Gerson in Munich and sold him the painting in May 1948. It arrived in New York shortly after May 18, 1948, and was then sold to the Detroit Institute of Arts. |
| Archival Sources: | RA 4, RA 606, MAEE, Paris, France; RG 59, Lot 62D4, Box 7, National Archives, College Park, MD |
| Intake place: | 51, rue Dumont d'Urville, Paris |
| Transfer place: | German Embassy, Paris |
| Transfer date: | 1940-07-10 |
| Transfer place: | Raphael Gerard |
| Transfer place: | Waldemar Strenger |
| Transfer place: | Otto Gerson |
| Transfer date: | 1948-05-09 |
| Transfer place: | Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan |
| Transfer date: | 1949-00-00 |
| Restituted? | Yes |
| Restitution date: | 1950-04-00 |
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