Trees by the pond
Swampy pond in front of green deciduous trees on the left side, from which a front trunk stands out in particular. On the right further to the rear a single deciduous tree. Elevations in the distance.
Finds on the reverse:
No indications on the canvas, on the stretcher upper right in blue "12330" [Munich number], lower left label BStGS "Inv. Nr. 12525" with handwritten dimensions “27x41” and Munich number “12330”, on the centre stretcher in blue “J 1164”, below round yellow sticker on it “J 1164” [Bormann inventory from Obersalzberg], on the lower stretcher left “PR” [Photo Roth], and in blue in the centre “B 328/II” [Bormann's invoice number]; on the top left of the decorative frame a yellow label with a black border "Georg Ulrich / Kunstgewerbliche Werkstätte / Vergolderei München / Tel 24457 Barerstr. 52", underneath in pencil pressed into the wood and difficult to read: 8900V [?], underneath the same system “89002”, next to it in blue "31 R 7/6°" [location Meiserstrasse], next to it in white blurred and crossed out in blue “X R 21/4°”, in the upper right corner diagonally in blue “17798”.
n.d. - n.d. whereabouts unknown;
n.d. - 1941, Franz Naager, Munich;
1941 - 15.05.1942, Kunsthandlung Eugen Brüschwiler, Munich, acquired from Franz Naager, Munich;
15.05.1942 - 1945, NSDAP (Party Chancellery), Munich, acquired from Eugen Brüschwiler, Munich;
25.10.1945 - 10.06.1949, Central Collecting Point, Munich number 12330, securing by American Allies;
10.06.1949 - 22.02.1952, Prime Minister of Bavaria, Munich, fiduciary transfer by American Allies;
22.02.1952 - 10.12.1956, Trustee Administration of Cultural Property at the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, Munich, fiduciary transfer by Bavarian Minister President;
since 10.12.1956, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich, transfer of ownership from the Munich Finance Office to the Free State of Bavaria
Staatliche Museumsagentur Bayern
Referat für Provenienzforschung
Landshuter Allee 8
80637 München
Germany