Still life with Cat
Findings on the reverse:
On the canvas handwritten upside down in pencil: "Possartstr. 7 / München / Besitzer: (laut Bildakte: H. Schrimpf) / (according to picture file: Berlin II 35) / March 1923", on the stretcher upper left a yellow rectangular label: “hasenkamp / Ausstellung: Realismus / der 20er / Jahre / Titel / Stilleben mit Katze / Größe/Material (leer) / Künstler/Leihgeber / Schrimpf / Bayerische Staats- / gemäldesammlungen / München”, on the left and right stretcher centre stamp: “60” (Rahmenmaß), lower left label BStGS: "Inv. No. 14099", on the reverse protection upper left a white sticker: "IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez - Guillem de Castro, 118/46003 València / Esposición: El Realismo Magicó / Fechas di: 19 Junio-31 Agosto 1997 / Autor: Georg Schrimpf / Ano: 1923 / Titulo: Still-life with Cat / Medidas: 60,7 x 45,5 cm / Procedencia: Bayer. Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich", next to it a black sticker: “Stationen der / Moderne / Berlinische Galerie / im Martin-Gropius-Bau / 25 Sept. 1988 - 8 Jan. 1989 / Stresemannstr. 110 Berlin 61”, below once again the label BStGS: "Inv.-Nr. 14099"
1923 - 1938, Georg Schrimpf, Munich;
1938 - at least January 1939, Hedwig Schrimpf (1896 - 1975), Munich, presumably acquired by inheritance from her deceased husband;
n.d. - n.d., unknown whereabouts, Munich, possibly art shop Theodor Heller on Odeonsplatz, type of acquisition unknown;
n.d. - 25.12.1968, Maria Babette Susanna Heller, Munich, probably acquired by inheritance from bookseller Theodor Heller;
since 26.09.1969, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich, acquired by bequest from Maria Babette Susanna Heller, Munich
Staatliche Museumsagentur Bayern
Referat für Provenienzforschung
Landshuter Allee 8
80637 München
Germany