Individual case research on the Max Slevogt painting Rotes Haus an der Landauer Straße, 1910
Dr. Isabel Hufschmidt
positionKuratorin | Forschung, wissenschaftliche Kooperation und Provenienzforschung Museum Folkwang
phone+ 49 (0) 201 8845 119
emailisabel.hufschmidt@museum-folkwang.essen.de
Christiane Wanken
positionKunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen
phone+49 (0) 209 169 4179
emailchristiane.wanken@gelsenkirchen.de
In 1953, the art museum Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen purchased the Max Slevogt painting Rotes Rathaus an der Landauer Straße [Red town hall on Landauer Straße] 1910 from Galerie Aenne Abels. As a result of research into the provenance of works sold by the Abels galleries, it emerged that there was a provenance gap for this painting from 1928 to 1948. At the same time, an enquiry from an heir of the original owner family was received in February 2019.
The work of art was purchased directly from the artist by the Czapskis, a Jewish entrepreneur family.
In 1928 it was included in the catalogue to mark Slevogts 60th birthday at the Akademie der Künste Berlin (Akademie der Künste, Max Slevogt: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Berlin: Cassierer, 1928). Eugenie Czapski was named as the owner of the painting in question. The aforementioned painting reappeared on the art market in 1948.
The aim of the project was to close the provenance gap between 1928 and 1948, mainly seeking to clarify whether the painting was part of the sale of the Czapski family home in 1935 or whether it was sold at a different time. The main focus was on uncovering all the background details pertaining to a potential sale of the painting from 1933 onwards.
© Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen
- Die kunsthändlerische Tätigkeit der Galerien Abels (Hermann A., Aenne A., beide Köln) im Kontext der Bestände in den RuhrKunstMuseen und weiterer Museen in Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1933(?)-1968
- Prüfung und Erforschung der Provenienz des Gemäldes Wilhelm Trübners „Eingangstor im Stift Neuburg im Neckartal“ (1913) aus dem Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen im Zusammenhang mit einem Restitutionsersuchen der Erben nach Max Julius Braunthal