Owner: Stephan and Pauline Osusky — Paris, France
Collection: (R) Rothschild
Inventory No.: R 1696
Kiste Nr. Gruppe IIa Imp 21
Louvre Aktion Mod. Bilder vom Juli 43
Kiste Nr. DERAIN 22 [1944]
Artist: Derain
Medium: Paintings
Title: Sitzender Frauenakt.
Description: Sitzender Frauenakt.
Öl auf Lwd.
41 x 33 cm.
zurück an M-Aktion zum Verkauf.
AGF/Spa
Dr.Egg/Tom.8.9.42
Aufbewahrungsort: AGL
Literature:
Provenance and Comments: Returned to M. A. for sale. This painting once belonged to Stephan Osusky, former Czech Ambassador to France before WWII. It was stored with many other paintings owned by Osusky and his wife at the home of James-Armand de Rothschild before the German invasion of France. It was slated for transport to Nikolsburg on 1 August 1944. But the train never left Paris.
Archival Sources: RG 260 M1943 Reel 19 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/281; RA 11, RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France
Measurements: 41 x 33 cm
Intake place: 14, rue Leroux, Paris
Transfer place: German Embassy, Paris
Transfer date: 1940-08-29
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer place: Nikolsburg
Transfer date: 1944-08-01
Restituted? Yes
Restitution date: 1945-06-14
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