Owner: Walter Strauss — Paris, France
Collection: (W.S.) Walter Strauss--The Dienststelle Westen raided his apartment in late March 1942 and removed from it all cultural objects. The Moebel-Aktion teams emptied out the rest of his apartment on June 12, 1942.
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Artist: Daumier
Medium: Works on Paper
Title: Lithos
Description: 150 lithos sur papier journal
35 lithos de meilleure exécution
6 lithos surdécorées et encadrées
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Provenance and Comments: The ERR seized a total of 191 lithographs from Walter Strauss' residence. Only 87 of these were inventoried and repatriated to France, which leads us to presume that they might have been returned to Walter Strauss. Therefore, 104 are unaccounted for.
Archival Sources: RA 36, RA 629, MAEE, Paris, France
Intake place: 12, rue Raynouard, Paris
Transfer place: Dienststelle Westen
Transfer date: 1942-03-25
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer date: 1942-06-10
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