In this artwork, how is the Provenance discussed?
On 5 November 2013 a televised press conference by art historian Meike Hoffmann, on the Schwabing Art Find (Gurlitt Collection), presented the current painting alongside Max Liebermann's work Two Riders on the Beach, and nine other paintings. Like the other works shown, it came from the collection of the art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt, which was inherited by his son Cornelius Gurlitt. The Augsburg public prosecutor's office under the direction of Reinhard Nemetz confiscated its collection in February 2012. The case was made known to the public in a report on November 3, 2013.
The former owner of the watercolour until 1937 was the Moritzburg Art and Industry Museum in Halle, and it had been acquired by its director Max Sauerlandt in 1914. A former employee of the museum recognized the coloured painting, which had previously only been documented in black and white. The expressionist work was considered "degenerate" by the Nazi regimen, removed and confiscated from the museum and came afterwards into the possession of Hildebrand Gurlitt. The museum in Moritzburg aims to return it.
Gurlitt Collection Max Liebermann Two Riders on the Beach Hildebrand Gurlitt Cornelius Gurlitt Augsburg Halle