Liebermann Villa on Lake Wannsee shows exhibition on the provenance research carried out into its collection

But where did the works come from? And what paths did they fol­low be­tween be­ing cre­at­ed and find­ing their way in­to the col­lec­tion? The au­tumn ex­hi­bi­tion is ded­i­cat­ed to these ques­tions. It presents a se­lec­tion of the out­comes of a prove­nance re­search project that has been fund­ed by the Ger­man Lost Art Foun­da­tion since 2020. This project in­volved the in­ves­ti­ga­tion of 150 works from the col­lec­tion of the Max Lieber­mann So­ci­ety, the as­so­ci­a­tion which spon­sors the Lieber­mann Vil­la on Lake Wannsee, with the aim of de­ter­min­ing any cas­es of cul­tur­al prop­er­ty con­fis­cat­ed as a re­sult of Nazi per­se­cu­tion. Al­though this does ap­ply to some of the works of art, many are for­tu­nate­ly of un­ob­jec­tion­able prove­nance. The ex­hi­bi­tion ex­plains the ori­gin of se­lect­ed ex­hibits and de­scribes the mi­lieu in which Max Lieber­mann op­er­at­ed, as well as out­lin­ing the chal­lenges posed by this field of re­search. Prove­nance re­searchers Al­ice Caz­zo­la and Vik­to­ria Krieger present their ex­pe­ri­ences and dis­cov­er­ies re­lat­ing to the ex­hibits in the au­dio guide When art­works speak.

The ex­hi­bi­tion at the Liebe­mann Vil­la runs un­til 13 March 2023, for de­tails, see: https://lieber­mann-vil­la.de/en/ex­hi­bi­tions/when-art­works-speak/
Ac­com­pa­ny­ing the ex­hi­bi­tion, a free dig­i­tal pub­li­ca­tion on new find­ings in prove­nance re­search in­to Max Lieber­mann and his net­work will be pub­lished through arthis­toricum.net – ART-Books.