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Nu vu de dos
Lost Art-ID
630042
Artist / Creator
Matisse, Henri
Birth
1869.12.31, Le Cateau
Death
1954.11.03, Nizza
Place of activity
Nizza Erw.-landschaft: Tahiti
Title
Nu vu de dos
Dating
1907/1909 (around)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Graphite ; Paper / drawn ; mounted
Height
31.50 cm
Width
24.20 cm
Inventory number
Z.1968/0007
Description
inscribed lower right in graphite pencil on the recto: Henri-Matisse; no inscriptions on the verso
Provenance
[Whereabouts unknown?]
[probably,] Alfred and Hedwig Pringsheim-Dohm (collector), Munich
1948 - 1968, Werner and Nelly Bär (collector), Zurich, purchase
from 1968, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zurich, gift
The provenance between 1933 and 1945 is not clear or has gaps. The available research does not provide any evidence of Nazi-looted art. However, there are indications of Nazi-looted art and/or conspicuous accompanying circumstances. Further research into the provenance is required.
Further information in the online catalogue of the Kunsthaus Zürich: external link
Literature / Source
Sammlung Werner und Nelly Bär, hrsg. von Werner Bär/René Wehrli, Sammlungskatalog, Weinfelden, 1965, S. 161, Nr. 254.
Meisterwerke aus der Graphischen Sammlung. Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Pastelle, Collagen aus fünf Jahrhunderten, hrsg. von Ursula Perucchi-Petri, Ausst.-Kat. und Sammlungskatalog Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, 1984, S. 92, Nr. 79.
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