Ilona Singer
Bildnis Robert von Mendelssohn , 1928 (Executed)
Lot #810 |
2019-06-08 |
Ketterer Kunst, Munich
Modern Art II
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
EUR 14,000 - 16,240 (currency of sale)
USD 15,782 - 18,307 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Ketterer Kunst
Auction number: 487
Auction name: Modern Art II
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: Munich
Start date: 2019-06-08
Currency: EUR
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 20th Century Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 21.6 x 18.1 in. (55 x 46 cm.)
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
55
Width In Centimeters:
46
Height In Inches:
21.6
Width In Inches:
18.1
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Year notes: Executed in 1928.
Provenance
Collection Margit Hahn, Offenbach/Prague (the artist's sister, until July 8, 1943). Trusteeship Prague (confiscated from the possession of the aforementioned in 1943/44). Jewish Central Museum, Prague (obtained from aforementioned in July 1944. Jewish Museum, Prague (follow up organisation of aforementioned, 1945-1967). Private collection (mysteriously lost from the Jewish Museum between 1967 and 1994). Dorotheum Prague, September 20, 2008, lot 98. Hampel Kunstauktionen, March 23, 2010, lot 556. German art trade (acquired from aforementioned). Private collection Germany (acquired from aforementioned in May 2010). The work is free from restitution claims. An amicable arrangement with the descendants of Margit Hahn was met. We are grateful to Misha Sidenberg, Jewish Museum Prague, for her kind expert advice.
Literature
Jewish Museum in Prague. 2009 annual report, pp. 13-14. Misha Sidenberg: Twice plundered: two paintings by forgotten artist Ilona Singer-Weinberger, released by Holocaust Art Restitution Project on August 18, 2013.