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The Duel in the Au
Lost Art-ID
586404
Artist / Creator
Pettenkofen, August Xaver Karl von (Ritter)
Birth
1822.05.10, Wien
Death
1889.03.21, Wien
Place of activity
Wien; Szolnok; Paris; Venedig; Riva del Garda; Toblach (Pustertal); Assisi; Sterzing; Bozen
Title
The Duel in the Au
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Pastel colour / painted ; pastel
Height
65.50 cm
Width
91.50 cm
Description
Signed lower left: "Pettenkofen"
Provenance
Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris, acquired from the artist, 25 July 1883; Sold by the above to an American collector, 1887, subsequently bought back in 1909 (per Weixlgärtner); Versteigerung von Gemälden, Aquarellen und Handzeichnungen aus dem Besitze des Herrn Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris (…), C. J. Wawra, 14–15 May 1923, lot 19, pl. XIII; Oscar Löwenstein, acquired at the above sale (per ISZ and NWJ); Irma Löwenstein, Vienna, acquired as a gift from the above, 1934; Export embargo issued 25 August 1938; Deposited for safekeeping with (Baroness) Mila Bourgoing; Thence to Margarete Neidl, summer 1938 (per affidavit); With Artaria & Co. Nachf. Gilbert Schiviz, on consignment, from 14 February 1940; Said to have been sold by the above to an unknown German buyer, 4 September 1940 (per BDA); Current whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Exhibitions:
Charles Sedelmeyer’s Collection von Gemälden, Künstlerhaus, [December 1884], no. 45 (per Weixlgärtner)
Bibliographical references:
Gotthold Neuda, “Die österreichisch-ungarischen Künstler in Paris,“ in: Allgemeine Kunst- Chronik, vol. VIII, no. 30 (26 July 1884): 601–604.
Arpad Weixlgärtner, August Pettenkofen: 1822–1889 (Vienna: Gerlach & Wedling, 1916), vol. 1, pl. XLII (after p. 194); vol. 2, p. 405, no. 694
Internationale Sammler-Zeitung, vol. 15, no. 10 (15 May 1923): 75, ill.
Internationale Sammler-Zeitung, vol. 15, no. 11, 1 June 1923: 82
Dr. Ludwig W. Abels, “Die Wiener Privatsammlungen,” in: Neues Wiener Journal, 30 May 1924: 6
“Der Kunsthändler Sedelmeyer,” in: Neues Wiener Journal, 21 December 1924: 14–15
Dr. Ludwig W. Abels, “Neuere Wiener Gemäldesamlungen,“ in: Neues Wiener Journal, 9 May 1926: 14
Sophie Lillie, Was einmal war: Handbuch der enteigneten Kunstsammlungen Wiens (Vienna: Czernin, 2003), 728–733
Herbert Zemen, ed., August Pettenkofen 1822–1889: Sein künstlerischer Nachlass (Vienna: self-publ., 2008)
Elisabeth Schroll, “Irma Austin-Löwenstein,” in: Lexikon der Provenienzforschung, 11 September 2022
Archival references:
Künstlerhaus Einlaufbücher 1884 (www.wladimir-aichelburg.at)
LGZRS, Notarial deed, Dr. Paul Laufer, 24 May 1934 (no. 625/34)
ÖStA, AdR, VVSt, VA 28887. Appraisal, E[mmerich] Schaffran, 28 June 1938
BDA, Export materials, application for export licence, no. 4753/38
BDA, Restitution materials, Personal file Austin-Löwenstein, fol. 98. Irma Löwenstein-
Austin to BDA, 23 January 1956
Ibid., fols. 94–95. Irma Löwenstein-Austin to BDA, 28 April 1956
BDA, Note for file
BDA, Restitution materials, Personal file Austin-Löwenstein, fol. 106. Affidavit Paul
Mislivecek, 12 January 1949
Ibid., fol. 108. Affidavit Margarete Neidl, 12 January 1949
BDA, BMVSWP report, 25 January 1949
ÖStA, AdR, BMF, KK, Zl. 7183/70
Charles Sedelmeyer’s Collection von Gemälden, Künstlerhaus, [December 1884], no. 45 (per Weixlgärtner)
Bibliographical references:
Gotthold Neuda, “Die österreichisch-ungarischen Künstler in Paris,“ in: Allgemeine Kunst- Chronik, vol. VIII, no. 30 (26 July 1884): 601–604.
Arpad Weixlgärtner, August Pettenkofen: 1822–1889 (Vienna: Gerlach & Wedling, 1916), vol. 1, pl. XLII (after p. 194); vol. 2, p. 405, no. 694
Internationale Sammler-Zeitung, vol. 15, no. 10 (15 May 1923): 75, ill.
Internationale Sammler-Zeitung, vol. 15, no. 11, 1 June 1923: 82
Dr. Ludwig W. Abels, “Die Wiener Privatsammlungen,” in: Neues Wiener Journal, 30 May 1924: 6
“Der Kunsthändler Sedelmeyer,” in: Neues Wiener Journal, 21 December 1924: 14–15
Dr. Ludwig W. Abels, “Neuere Wiener Gemäldesamlungen,“ in: Neues Wiener Journal, 9 May 1926: 14
Sophie Lillie, Was einmal war: Handbuch der enteigneten Kunstsammlungen Wiens (Vienna: Czernin, 2003), 728–733
Herbert Zemen, ed., August Pettenkofen 1822–1889: Sein künstlerischer Nachlass (Vienna: self-publ., 2008)
Elisabeth Schroll, “Irma Austin-Löwenstein,” in: Lexikon der Provenienzforschung, 11 September 2022
Archival references:
Künstlerhaus Einlaufbücher 1884 (www.wladimir-aichelburg.at)
LGZRS, Notarial deed, Dr. Paul Laufer, 24 May 1934 (no. 625/34)
ÖStA, AdR, VVSt, VA 28887. Appraisal, E[mmerich] Schaffran, 28 June 1938
BDA, Export materials, application for export licence, no. 4753/38
BDA, Restitution materials, Personal file Austin-Löwenstein, fol. 98. Irma Löwenstein-
Austin to BDA, 23 January 1956
Ibid., fols. 94–95. Irma Löwenstein-Austin to BDA, 28 April 1956
BDA, Note for file
BDA, Restitution materials, Personal file Austin-Löwenstein, fol. 106. Affidavit Paul
Mislivecek, 12 January 1949
Ibid., fol. 108. Affidavit Margarete Neidl, 12 January 1949
BDA, BMVSWP report, 25 January 1949
ÖStA, AdR, BMF, KK, Zl. 7183/70
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