Owner: Alphonse Kann — St-Germain-en-Laye, France
Collection: (Ka (13 A)) Alphonse Kann
Inventory No.: Ka 15
Kiste Nr. KA 73
Artist: Degas, Edgar
Medium: Paintings
Title: Ballett-Schule
Description: Tänzerinnen in einem Innenraum bei Vorbereitungen zum Ballett.
Wa.
Öl auf Lwd.
41,5 x 91,7 cm
Bezeichnet Signatur: sign. unten links
Verbleib: Slg.
H.G.
Literature:
Provenance and Comments: Goering gave this picture to the Fischer Gallery in Lucerne, Switzerland, on 7 December 1941 as part of Exchange #1. [Goering Collection report, p.130]. The painting was removed from the Jeu de Paume on 12 December 1941. Returned to Fischer Gallery in Lucerne, Switzerland, on 5 July 1951 as reported on 25 June 1952. [Swiss Court report, p.4].
Archival Sources: RG 260 M1943 Reel 9 NARA; RG 153 Entry 135 JAG Box 78 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/273; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France
Measurements: 41,5 x 91,7 cm
Signed? Yes
Intake place: rue des Bucherons, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Intake date: 1940-11-00
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer place: H G.
Repatriated to France? Yes
Repatriation date: 1951-07-05
Restituted? Yes
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