Screen LibraryGurlitt : status report /
"The present volume reflects the documentary approach of both exhibitions. At the same time, it also reflects the current state of the scholarly and journalistic examination of Hildebrand Gurlitt and the art collection he compiled"--Page 11.
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Hirmer,
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| Publisher Address: | [Munich] : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English German |
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| Summary: |
"The present volume reflects the documentary approach of both exhibitions. At the same time, it also reflects the current state of the scholarly and journalistic examination of Hildebrand Gurlitt and the art collection he compiled"--Page 11. |
| Item Description: |
Published for an exhibition held at Kunstmuseum Bern under the title "Degenerate art: confiscated and sold," November 2, 2017 - March 4, 2018, and at Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn under the title "Nazi art theft and its consequences," November 3, 2017 - March 11, 2018. "The present volume reflects the documentary approach of both exhibitions. At the same time, it also reflects the current state of the scholarly and journalistic examination of Hildebrand Gurlitt and the art collection he compiled"--Page 11. |
| Carrier Form: | 344 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9783777429632 3777429635 |
| Index Number: | N8795 |
| CLC: | J150.095-28 |
| Call Number: | J150.095-28/G979 |
| Contents: |
'Gurlitt : Status report' - Topics and texts -- The long shadows of the past - A critical appraisal of Hildebrand Gurlitt's life / 'Occasionally spirit is turned into money' - Hildebrand Gurlitt as an art dealer during the Nazi period / Hildebrand Gurlitt and the 'special commission Linz' / Switzerland - Market or hub? / Excuses, ignorance, and lack of empathy - The treatment of victims of national socialism after 1945 and the 'Gurlitt affair' / Must the art history of the 20th century be rewritten? A first art-historical analysis of the Gurlitt holdings / Provenance research before and after the 'Gurlitt affair' / The challenge of researching the provenance of Gurlitt's holdings / The challenge of provenance research : Can primary sources be fully trusted? / Max Beckmann, old woman with Cloche hat, 1920 / Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, two nudes on a bed (two models), ca. 1907/08 / August Macke, landscape with sailing boats, 1913 / Otto Mueller, portrait of Maschka Mueller, 1924/25 / Fritz Salo Glaser / 'They are the finest ones, for which I had set the highest prices.' Adolph von Menzel in the collection of Albert Martin Wolffson / 'For Herr Braunthal, in friendship' The fate of Max Liebermann's Self-portrait of the artist with sketchbook / A private sale outside the public realm : François Boucher's Head of a girl as part of the Parisian collection of Roger Delapalme / The Dorville collection - A forced sale for investors? / Dubious - Georges Seurat's drawing Strolling woman and the expertise provided by André Schoeller. |