Head of a Man

Until 1914 (at the latest) – Art dealer [Fritz] Gurlitt; 1914 (at the latest) – Berlin, Privy Councillor [Wilhelm] Kopetzky; 1925 (at the latest) – Nuremberg, Abraham Adelsberger, acquisition, item no. 201; 22 March 1930 – Nuremberg, Gebrüder Isay, transfer of ownership by Abraham Adelsberger, no. 79; 8 October 1930 – Munich, Galerie Hugo Helbing, auction listing, lot 94, unsold; 14 November 1931 – Munich, Hugo Helbing Gallery, auction offer, lot 90; 15 November 1932 – probably Nuremberg, transfer of ownership by Abraham and Paul Adelsberger to Immobilien AG Noris i.L. Nuremberg / Dresdner Bank, transferred ‘only to Dresdner Bank’; 5 October 1933/May 1934 – Munich, Mrs Johanna Schmid[t], offer for sale to Galerie Heinemann, Munich, for RM 11,000 or RM 15,000 in a collection with ‘Bauernmädchen’ (Peasant Girl) by Leibl (offer declined); 15 August 1935 – Berlin, en bloc sale by Dresdner Bank to the State of Prussia (National Gallery), sale to Remdé for RM 6,000; 02/14 November 1935 – Düsseldorf, G. Paffrath, offer to sell to Galerie Heinemann, Munich, in a collection with two other works for a total of RM 15,000; 29 February 1936 – Unknown, Remdé, acquired by purchase for RM 6,000; 9 July 2019 – Unknown, wife of Remdé, consignment to Sotheby's London; 9 July 2019 – London, Sotheby's, auction offer, lot 35;

2019 amicable settlement with the heirs