Owner: Alfred Lindenbaum — Paris, France
Collection: (ASS (12 H)) Assmances-This collection was one of the last to be processed at the Jeu de Paume in June 1944. Although the ERR specialists did not assign an owner to this set of confiscated objects at least two works in the ASS collection belonged to Alfred Lindenbaum (Lindon).
Inventory No.: ASS 4 (12 H 4)
Kiste Nr. ASS 2
Artist: [Boucher]
Medium: Works on Paper
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Description: [sanguine]
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Provenance and Comments: This work on paper was found in its crate at the Louvre when Paris was liberated in August 1944. This work was identified as a "sanguine" by Boucher. It was restituted to the Lindon [Lindenbaum] family 18 July 1946 and sold at GalliƩra on 9 June 1964. It is now in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, with no attribution in its provenance to former Lindenbaum ownership, spoliation and recovery.
Archival Sources: Bundesarchiv, B323/313, B323/791; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer date: 1944-06-00
Transfer place: Louvre
Transfer date: 1944-07-00
Restituted? Yes
Restitution date: 1946-07-18
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