Portrait de jeune femme assise / Portrait of a Young Woman, Seated




on recto, centre right, monogrammed in brown: “T. C.”
on verso, inscribed on frame, in white chalk, upper centre: “Robert-Gu[...] 2059”, “2059”; at centre: “5V”; lower right: “DGJ”, “73 x 50”; in red, upper right: “Dr G.”; in blue, at centre: “5834”; lower left: “X”; in black at centre: “5/5”, “6”; in red on label at centre: “327”; in black on label lower left: “Bne de Gaujal / 431 / [illegible]”; lower left corner: “D.W.29[4?]83”
numerous remnants of red stamps (10)
envelope attached at upper left: “Schildchen für Ziem Bild” [content: brass plate marked: “Ziem”]
on canvas, upper centre, stamp: “Boulevard Montmartre / DEFORGEs / Md de Couleurs a Paris”
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Georges Mandel, Paris
August 1940: Probably seized by the German authorities
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By latest 28 April 1944: with Raphaël Gerard, Paris (per Gurlitt Papers)
After September 1953: Hildebrand Gurlitt, Dusseldorf (per Gurlitt Papers)
Thence by descent to Cornelius Gurlitt, Munich/Salzburg
From 6 May 2014: Estate of Cornelius Gurlitt
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