| Owner: | Fernand Halphen — Paris, France |
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| Collection: | (HAL) Halphen--The HAL collection is actually a misnomer since it combines assets belonging to two branches of the Halphen family and spouses, commingled by ERR staff members responsible for carding and producing inventories as a single Halphen collection. All objects plundered under HAL were removed from three locations in Paris which belonged to Emile Halphen and Fernand Halphen between July 1940 and February 1941. |
| Inventory No.: | Kiste Nr. E 5 INV. NR. ALTE SLG.: Nr. d. Botschaftsl. A 90 |
| Artist: | 18. Jhdt., Französisch |
| Medium: | Sculpture |
| Title: | Drei Kinder |
| Description: | Tongruppe mit Ergänzug aus Gips Groupe enfants-chat terre cuite |
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| Provenance and Comments: | This item was in a crate supplied by the Schenker company and stored at the German Embassy in Paris in the summer of 1940. According to Rose Valland's crate inventory of items stored at the German Embassy, the hands from this sculpture were broken at the Jeu de Paume. Another object with the same signature "A" was part of the Halphen collection. Hence, we surmise that this item belongs to it as well. |
| Archival Sources: | Bundesarchiv, B323/271; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France |
| Intake place: | 18, avenue Henri Martin, Paris 16 |
| Transfer place: | German Embassy, Paris |
| Transfer date: | 1940-08-00 |
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume |
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