Owner: Philippe Erlanger — Paris, France
Collection: (ERL) Erlanger (Brissac/Paris)--The official losses sutained by Philippe Erlanger were connected with the seizure of crates at Brissac containing paintings and antiquities. Other collections were stored there under the protection of the Duke of Brissac. Mr. Erlanger's Paris apartment was raided in October and Decemberl of 1942.
Inventory No.: KA 979
KA 977
Artist: Perse
Medium: Decorative Arts
Title: 2 plaques persanes
Description:
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Provenance and Comments: These two items were found in the American Zone of Occupation of Germany as Erlanger property. They bear numbers which resemble numbers used by the ERR to label objects from the Alphonse Kann collection (KA). KA 979 and 977 in the Kann collection refer to lacquered objects of Persian origin. No one knows for sure if there is confusion on the part of the French authorities. For the record, Alphonse Kann's representatives recovered KA 979 and KA 977 in 1947.
Archival Sources: RA 8, MAEE, Paris
Intake place: Schloss Brissac
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer date: 1941-08-14
Repatriated to France? Yes
Restituted? Yes
Restitution date: 1950-10-09
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