| Owner: | Esther van Cleef — Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Collection: | (CLE) van Cleef-The world-famous jeweler was based at Place Vendôme in Paris, one of the wealthiest Parisian enclaves, targeted by Nazis and local French collaborators for the immense wealth and high-end art that could be found there in private residences and in privately-owned galleries and luxury stores. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Inventory No.: | CLE 6 Kiste Nr. CLE 11 |
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| Artist: | 1928, Paris, Lagar, Celso, geb.1891 in Cindad, Span. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium: | Paintings | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Title: | Jahrmarktkünstler in Bude: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: | 2 Clowns, Schwerathlet, Boxer und Affe. AGL/Bo/To/La. Bl. Öl auf Lwd. 61 x 73 Bezeichnet Signatur: Lagar Zugangstag, in Paris: 26.5.43 |
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| Provenance and Comments: | returned to M. A. for sale--slated to leave for Nikolsburg on 1 August 1944, but the train never left Paris. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/267, v; RA 30, RV 103, MAEE, Paris | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 61 x 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Signed? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1943-05-25 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Seissenegg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1943-11-18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Nikolsburg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1944-08-01 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Restituted? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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