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Old man (study)
Lost Art-ID
594381
Artist
Menzel, Adolph
Birth
1815.12.08, Breslau
Death
1905.02.09, Berlin
Place of activity
Berlin
Title
Old man (study)
Datierung
1889
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Chalk : Paper / Chalk drawing
Height
25.00 cm
Width
15.50 cm
Inventory number
mü1496/2
Description
Bust portrait of an old man with bowed head and long beard. To the right of this is a sketch of two hands, unfolding a penknife. The work is a study for the etching "Learning Italian" (1889). The titles of the works are "Alter Mann (Studie)" (Old Man (Study)) and "Alter Mann mit gelocktem langenm Haar und Vollbart" (Old Man with Curly Long Hair and a Full Beard).
The work is signed and dated "A. M. 89" at lower left.
The following references can be taken from the reverse: in blue "1496/2" ( Mü-No.); in pencil "A. v. Menzel / Inv.Nr. 34" (No. Offer Almas, 1942).
Holding
Provenance
(...) unexplained
At the latest from 18.08.1942-13.11.1942 Prof. Dr. Guido Kern (1878-1953) and Dr. Franziska Kern (?-?), Berlin, acquisition path unexplained
From 13.11.1942 German Reich ("Sonderauftrag Linz"), purchase via Galerie Almas, Munich
As of 29.06.1945 American Military Government, Central Collecting Point Munich, seizure
Since 1949 Federal Republic of Germany, transfer according to Art. 134 GG (Basic Law)
Published since
Contact
Kunstverwaltung des Bundes
Herbert-Bayer-Straße 5
13086 Berlin
Germany
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