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Object record excerpt for Lost Art ID: 533006
© A. W.
Georg Kolbe
Sitzender weiblicher Akt (Sitting female nude)
9 Reprographies on paper
93_32_a–g: 313 x 251 mm
93_32_h: 350 x 248 mm
93_32_i: 350 x 249 mm
on recto, lower right, signed: “GK”
on verso, matting, lower left, inscribed in pencil: [nos. 93_32_a–93_32_i]
Provenance:
(…)
By latest 2012: Cornelius Gurlitt, Munich/Salzburg
From 6 May 2014: Estate of Cornelius Gurlitt
Primary sources:
Condition Report, 25 April 2014, nos. Wien-093_32_a-i
Register of the Salzburg Estate, 2014, nos. Wien-093_32_a-i
Further sources consulted:
Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold. Georg Kolbe: Plastik und Zeichnung: Mit 64 Abb. Munich: Wolff,
1922.
Kolbe, Georg. Kolbe: Plastik, 500 Photos. Marburg/Lahn: Verlag des Kunstgeschichtlichen Seminars,
1931.
Pinder, Wilhelm. Georg Kolbe: Werke der letzten Jahre. Berlin: Rembrandt-Verlag, 1937.
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Binding, Rudolf G. Vom Leben der Plastik: Inhalt und Schönheit des Werkes von Georg Kolbe. Berlin:
Rembrandt-Verlag, c. 1940.
Berger, Ursel. Georg Kolbe: Leben und Werk: Mit dem Katalog der Kolbe-Plastiken im Georg-KolbeMuseum. Berlin: Mann, 1990.
Rosenbach, Detlev. Georg Kolbe: Das druckgraphische Werk. Hannover: Gebrüder-Mann-Verlag,
1997.
Berger, Ursel. Georg Kolbe: Wohn- und Atelierhaus, Architektur und Geschichte. Berlin: Jovis, 2000.
Fischer, Bernd Erhard, and Angelika Fischer. Georg Kolbe in Westend. Berlin: Fischer, 2003.
Georg Kolbe und der Tanz. Exh. cat., Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin, 23 February–27 April 2003,
Edwin-Scharff-Museum, Neu-Ulm, 8 May–20 July 2003.
Business records Hildebrand Gurlitt
Correspondence Hildebrand Gurlitt
Cultural Plunder by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg: Database of Art Objects at the Jeu de
Paume
Database “Central Collecting Point München”
Database “Kunstsammlung Hermann Göring”
Getty Provenance Index, German Sales Catalogs
Lootedart.com
Lost Art
Répertoire des Biens Spoliés
Verzeichnis national wertvoller Kunstwerke (“Reichsliste von 1938”)
Note:
This object is a collection of 9 reprographies of the lithograph Sitzender weiblicher Akt (Sitting
Female Nude) by Kolbe.
Rights:
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“Gurlitt Provenance Research” project operates.
Disclaimer:
The “Gurlitt Provenance Research” project, as the successor project of the Taskforce "Schwabing
Art Trove", focused exclusively on the provenance of the artwork described in this report. This
report does not purport to make pronouncements on any legal claims and legal positions. Especially
if individuals are referred to as descendants, this term is not based on a factual or legal examination
and is thus not binding. No liability will be accepted for conclusions drawn by the addressee(s) or
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The “Gurlitt Provenance Research” project endeavoured to ensure the accuracy and reliability of
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This is a first interim report with basic information, the artwork is currently undergoing in-depthresearch or will undergo in-depth-research at a later point in time. This report is based on the
sources available at the time it was written. The conclusions drawn in this report may be revised,
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should additional relevant material be discovered. The “Gurlitt Provenance Research” project
welcomes any information that may augment or clarify the provenance of this work.
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