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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
Oil / painted ; pastel
Height
110.00 cm
Width
80.00 cm
Description
II. or III. version, signed; Prater landscape in autumn, servants on horses await the outcome of a duel, which takes place in the background
Provenance
Sedelmayer Gallery, Paris; Oscar and Irma Löwenstein, Vienna (1938); kept by Baroness Mila Bourgoing in the course of emigration because it was not approved for export; kept by Irma Löwenstein's godmother Margarete Neidl; 1940 auctioned at Kunsthaus Artaria, Vienna, with the help of Paul Mislivicek for RM 2,500 to 6,500 to unknown "Reichsdeutsche" buyers; whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
BDA, Personen Karton 31/1 Auspitz-Austin-Löwenstein, Bl. 94-95; Bl. 104, Schreiben BDA an RA Dr. Robert Breunig, o.D.; Zeugenaussage Margarete Neidl, 12.01.1949, Bl. 108; Zeugenaussage Paul Mislivicek, 12.01.1949, Bl. 106; Schreiben RA Dr. Robert Breunig an das BDA, 12.10.1948; Bl. 111-112, Schreiben RA Robert Breunig an das BDA, 13.10.1948; ÖstArchiv - AT-OeStA/ AdR/ E-uReang/ FLD 2585, Bl. 3;
Lillie, Sophie, Was einmal war… Handbuch der enteigneten Kunstsammlungen Wiens, Wien 2003, S.728-733 (dort u. a. Schätzungsgutachten vom 28.06.1938); L. Fröhlich-Bum (MitarbeiterIn der Albertina Wien), Die Sammlung Oscar Loewenstein, o. O. o. J.
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Contact
Vision Foundation (former Greater London Fund for the Blind)
Mrs. Tamsin Baxter
Sir John Mill’s House / 12 Whitehorse, Mews
37 Westminster Bridge Road
SE1 7QD London
United Kingdom
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