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Old Woman (Study)
Lost Art-ID
219173
Artist / Creator
Menzel, Adolph
Birth
1815.12.08, Breslau
Death
1905.02.09, Berlin
Place of activity
Berlin
Title
Old Woman (Study)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Chalk ; Paper / drawn
Height
23.00 cm
Width
20.00 cm
Inventory number
mü1496/8
Description
The pencil drawing shows the bust of an old woman in three-quarter profile looking half-right in front. The woman is wearing a cap on her head. The titles of the work are " Old Woman (Study)" and "Old Woman in a Coat with a Capotte Hat". The work is signed "A. M.", but not dated.
The following references can be taken from the reverse: "Linz 2521/1083" (Linz no.); twice "29" (no. offer Almas, 1942) .
Provenance
(...) Unknown
At the latest from 18.08.1942-13.11.1942 Prof. Dr. Guido Kern (1878-1953) and Dr. Franziska Kern (?-?), Berlin, acquisition route unclear
From 13.11.1942 German Reich ("Sonderauftrag Linz"), purchase via Galerie Almas, Munich
As of 29.06.1945 American Military Government, Central Collecting Point Munich, seizure
Since 1949 Federal Republic of Germany, acquisition from former Reich property
Published since
Contact
Kunstverwaltung des Bundes
Herbert-Bayer-Straße 5
13086 Berlin
Germany
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