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The Art Hunt! Where Are the Lost Paintings Hidden?

Project-ID
KU10-2015
Permanent URL
https://www.proveana.de/en/link/pro10000035
Research area
  • Cultural goods confiscated as a result of Nazi persecution

Description

“A painting that was lost 77 years ago and to which more than 30 people owe their lives. A search with a completely unknown outcome. A mystery that we want to solve together with you. This is #kunstjagd.”

What many believed to be a lost painting by Otto Th. W. Stein was discovered in the possession of a private collector in Munich which matches the dimensions, year of origin, catalogue entry and the memories of the contemporary witness Edward Engelberg. Painted in 1917 in Chemnitz, it depicts Helene Stein, the artist’s first wife. It was found again damaged in Munich after the Second World War.

As part of the live investigative report, further clues to its provenance were discovered which, because of the six-week project concept, couldn’t be exhaustively researched. The evidence includes correspondence between the Munich collector and Otto Th. W. Stein, and a restoration report by the frame-making workshop Pfefferle. The goal of the project is to fill in the remaining gaps in the painting’s provenance history.

The findings were presented in the lobby of the Jewish Museum in Munich and were accompanied by the film “Die #Kunstjagd”, broadcasted on Bayerischer Rundfunk.

Basic information

Project class
Object-related single inquiry
Funding recipient
Jüdisches Museum (München)
(Museum)
State
Bayern
Project duration
01.09.2015 - 31.10.2015
Website
http://www.kunstjagd.com/
Ortsbezug
Place
Bavaria
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Location
Germany, Munich
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Person/Corporate bodies

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    Engelberg, Jakob
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    Engelberg, Paula
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    Mehl, Otto
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    Gimpel, Nathan
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    Jüdisches Museum (München)

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