Beaching A Boat, Brighton (Q110419573)
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painting by John Constable
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Beaching A Boat, Brighton |
painting by John Constable |
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Beaching A Boat, Brighton (English)
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The licence is the subject of a newly published report by the Spoliation Advisory Panel, the body that examines claims made for the recovery of UK artworks alleged to have been looted by the Nazis. The report reveals how the Tate galleries’ director, Sir Nicholas Serota, believed the licence’s existence cast doubts on the panel’s 2014 recommendation that the Tate give up the oil painting, Beaching a Boat, Brighton, which has been in its collection since the 1980s. The work, measuring 26cm by 30cm and painted in 1824, was owned by a Hungarian collector, Baron Hatvany. An official register, compiled by the Hungarian government between 1946 and 1948, listed the painting as having been looted following the German invasion of Hungary in 1944. (English)
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The Painting is recorded as being sold by a Mr. Meyer to the Leger Galleries in London in January 1962, who sold it on to the Broadway Art Gallery in Broadway, Worcestershire, where it was bought in February 1962 by Mrs. P. M. Rainsford. In 1985 she approached the Tate with a view to donating the Painting, and it was accepted by the Board of Trustees on 17 January 1986. Since that time it has been in the possession of the Tate. (English)
1986
2016
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By descent to Isabel Constable (d. 1888), the artist’s daughter; Christie’s, London, 17 June 1892, lot 254, when acquired by the following, with Dowdeswell, London.P.A. Chéramy, Paris, by 1902; his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 5-7 May 1908, lot 19, when acquired by the following, Baron Ferenc Hatvany (1881-1958), from whom looted after the German invasion of Hungary in 1944.Mr Meyer, from whom acquired by the following in 1962, with Leger Galleries, London, from whom acquired by the following, Broadway Art Gallery, Broadway, Worcestershire, from whom acquired by the following, Mrs P.M. Rainsford, by whom presented to the Tate Gallery in 1986.Restituted to the heirs of Baron Ferenc Hatvany in 2016. (English)
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By descent to Isabel Constable (d. 1888), the artist’s daughter; Christie’s, London, 17 June 1892, lot 254, when acquired by the following, with Dowdeswell, London.P.A. Chéramy, Paris, by 1902; his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 5-7 May 1908, lot 19, when acquired by the following, Baron Ferenc Hatvany (1881-1958), from whom looted after the German invasion of Hungary in 1944.Mr Meyer, from whom acquired by the following in 1962, with Leger Galleries, London, from whom acquired by the following, Broadway Art Gallery, Broadway, Worcestershire, from whom acquired by the following, Mrs P.M. Rainsford, by whom presented to the Tate Gallery in 1986.Restituted to the heirs of Baron Ferenc Hatvany in 2016. (English)
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A John Constable oil painting deaccessioned by the Tate as Nazi-era loot is coming up for sale at Christies, London on 8 December, with an estimate of £500,000-£800,000. Entitled Beaching a Boat, Brighton (1824), it is being sold by the heirs of Baron Ferenc Hatvany. (English)