Found-Object Report | Object report

Rocks near Etretat with a stormy sea

Lost Art-ID

220194

Artist / Creator

Stevens, Alfred

Birth

1823.05.11, Brüssel

Death

1906.08.24, Paris

Place of activity

Paris

Title

Rocks near Etretat with a stormy sea

Object type

Painting

Group of reported objects

Painting

Material / Technique

Oil ; Canvas / painted

Height

102.00 cm

Width

82.00 cm

Inventory number

mü50066

Description

recto, lower left signature: "A. Stevens"; on the left the rock gate (quarter arc), on the right of it pointed rock in the sea.

on decorative frame: verso, upper left in white: "85"; verso, upper black stamp: "Stadt Kiel MUSEUM 89/1967"; verso, upper right in blue: "50066"; verso, right in white: "3736"; verso, lower left in yellow: "D.K.1";

on stretcher: verso, top left and centre in yellow: "3905"; verso, top left black stamp: "Stadt Kiel MUSEUM 89/1967"; verso, top right in blue: "50066"; verso, bottom left, white label with blue border: "3905";

on canvas: verso, lower left black stamp: "Mons. DEFORGE ET CARPENTIER / COULEURS FINES / ET TOILES A PEINDRE / 6 Rue Halevy 6 / PARIS / Atelier Rue Lengendre 62 Batignolles".

Holding

Kulturgüter aus dem ehemaligen Reichsvermögen

Provenance

(...): Unknown

Until 17 November 1943: Possibly Theo Hermsen (1905-1944), Paris, acquisition route unexplained

17 November 1943 (?) -3 October 1944: Dr. Hildebrand Gurlitt (1895-1956), Hamburg/Dresden, purchase

3 October 1944-1945: German Reich ("Sonderauftrag Linz"), purchase

1945-10 April 1952: Presumably former NSDAP party headquarters, Munich, storage

Since 10 April 1952: Federal Republic of Germany, initially held in trust, taken over from former Reich assets in 1969

Published since

2001