Two riders on the beach

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Two riders on the beach from the Schwabing art find (David Friedmann collection, Breslau)
Two riders on the beach (privately owned by Sotheby's in 2009)
List of the works of Hildebrand Gurlitt that were confiscated in 1945 and returned in 1950.

Two riders on the beach is the title of two similar paintings by Max Liebermann from 1901.

Provenances

One of the paintings was confiscated by the Bavarian authorities as part of the Schwabing art fund in 2012. Until 1942 it was owned by the entrepreneur and art collector of Jewish origin David Friedmann (1857–1942) from Breslau . The work, along with parts of Hildebrand Gurlitt's collection, was confiscated by the Allies in 1945 and kept at the Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point . The work, listed in second place on the Collecting Point list with inventory number 1930 , was returned to Gurlitt in 1950.

The picture was loaned by the Gurlitt family for a Liebermann retrospective in 1954 at the Kunsthalle Bremen and in 1960 for exhibitions in Berlin, Recklinghausen and Vienna, so that it was known to the interested public as part of the Gurlitt Collection. The picture had been searched for by two Berlin lawyers on behalf of Friedmann's two great nephews since 2008.

In August 2014, according to research by the Schwabing Art Finds Taskforce, the picture was classified as "most likely" belonging to Nazi looted art . In mid-May 2015, the restitution was made to David Toren, Friedmann's great-nephew. The painting was auctioned on June 24, 2015 at Sotheby’s in London . The estimate was given at $ 850,000. An unknown bidder bought it over the phone for £ 1.9 million (over EUR 2.6 million).

Another very similar painting with the same name was sold at Sotheby’s in 2009 for £ 289,250 (EUR 336,456) and is privately owned. According to information in the Sotheby's catalog, this picture is to be included in the supplement to Liebermann's catalog raisonné as no. 1901 / 14a.

description

The paintings show two riders in sportswear. While one rider is dressed in a gray jacket, the other rider is wearing a black jacket. You ride along the sea surf on the sandy beach. In the foreground is the brown horse on which the rider turns to the right. The fox next to it is walking in the water.

The two paintings are very similar and only differ in nuances. In the painting from the Gurlitt Collection, both front legs of the second horse walking in the water can be seen. The two paintings also differ slightly in the keeping and drawing of the horses and in the clothing of the riders. In terms of execution, the painting sold at Sotheby's in 2009 is somewhat coarser and more expressive: the waves and sky appear wilder and the muscle groups are less clearly defined.

literature

  • Matthias Eberle: Max Liebermann. Catalog raisonné of paintings and oil studies , No. 1901/14. Hirmer, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-7774-6760-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Münchner Kunstfund: Details on the Gurlitt Collection ( Memento from February 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Spiegel Online, November 5, 2013
  2. ↑ Lost art, Kunstfund München final report, pp. 5, 10 ( Memento from May 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Schlesische Kunstsammlungen: David Friedman , schlesischesammlungen.eu, accessed on September 8, 2014
  4. ^ Letter from Senior Councilor Dr. Westram to Reich Economics Minister, Breslau, December 5, 1939. In: Archiwum Państwowe we Wrocławiu / State Archives Wrocław, Government of Breslau, No. I / 9971; Jewish art possession
  5. ^ Individual objects by David Friedmann in the Lost Art database
  6. ↑ Lost art, Kunstfund München final report, p. 8 ( Memento from May 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung of November 6, 2013: Allies confiscated Gurlitt works after the end of the war ; List of images from the US National Archives .
  8. ↑ Lost art, Kunstfund München final report, p. 15 ( Memento from May 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Boris Pofalla: The treasure and its guardian in: FAZ from November 9, 2013.
  10. ↑ Felix Bohr, Özlem Gezer, Lothar Gorris, Ulrike Knöfel, Sven Röbel, Michael Sontheimer and Steffen Winter: Das Phantom . In: Der Spiegel . No. 46 , 2013, p. 153 ( online - November 11, 2013 ).
  11. ^ "Two riders on the beach" are stolen art , monopol-magazin.de, August 18, 2014, accessed on September 8, 2014
  12. ^ Nazi looted art back with Jewish family. Tages-Anzeiger , May 15, 2015.
  13. ^ Doreen Carvajal: Painting Recovered From Gurlitt Trove to Be Auctioned in London. In: The New York Times . May 22, 2015, accessed May 23, 2015 .
  14. ↑ Stephanie Pieper: Million revenue for picture from Gurlitt treasure. In: Tagesschau . June 25, 2015, accessed June 25, 2015 .
  15. ↑ Two riders on the beach at Sotheby's.