Poet Max Herrmann-Neisse (Q19883950)
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painting by George Grosz
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Poet Max Herrmann-Neisse |
painting by George Grosz |
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1927
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According to the complaint: "A woman named Charlotte Weidler claimed that she 'inherited' 'Portrait of the Poet' in 1937 from Grosz' art dealer Alfred Flechtheim's estate. This claim is and was demonstrably false. MOMA claims title through Weidler and a dubious subsequent transaction with Curt Valentin, a Nazi agent and art dealer notorious for peddling artworks looted by the Nazis." The complaint continues: "After Grosz' art dealer, Alfred Flechtheim, died from blood poisoning, a Dutch art dealer named can Lier quickly grabbed Flechtheim's inventory and 'auctioned' it to himself. Van Lier never contacted Grosz, the owner of the artwork, before engaging in this void transaction. MOMA relies on this sham Dutch auction as the excuse for wrongfully retaining possession of 'Self Portrait with Model.' (English)
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This work is included in the Provenance Research Project, which investigates the ownership history of works in MoMA's collection.Galerie Alfred Flechtheim (d. 1937), Berlin.1928 – [at least 1932]Charlotte Weidler (b. Berlin 1895- d. New York 1983), Vienna, Berlin, and New York. By 1952Curt Valentin Gallery, New York. 1952The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased from Curt Valentin, April 1952 (English)
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2 November 2019
© 2019 Estate of George Grosz
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Glenn Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art, pledged that MoMA “does not and will not knowingly exhibit stolen works of art.” MoMA and other New York museums promised to investigate their collections.More than a decade later, MoMA has returned nothing.The heirs of German painter George Grosz tried to get three works back but said the museum played dirty, trouncing them on a legal technicality. MoMA successfully claimed the family had filed their 2009 lawsuit too late.“We had hoped for a settlement and that they would make nice, some kind of an attempt,” said Lilian Grosz, widow of George Grosz’s son. “The big thing was that they hung the whole thing on a date. It was a moral issue for us.”Today, one of the Grosz paintings, “The Poet Max Herrmann-Neisse,” is hanging in the museum’s European painting gallery, but the other two are relegated to storage.In a final blow, MoMA insisted last year that museum documents obtained by the Grosz family in the lawsuit be returned or destroyed. (English)
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2 November 2019
© 2019 Estate of George Grosz