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EdvardMunch
AskeII(AshesII),1899
Monochromelithographonpaper,437x650mm
onrecto,lowerright,signedanddated:“Ed.Munch”,“[…]druckParis1896”;lowerleft,inscribedin
pencil: “S.120”, “vor Petersen+Waitz”; lower left, red stamp: “HS” [Lugt 4436]; lower centre,
inscribedinpencil:“Asche”;inblue:“Asche(nachdemSündenfall)”,“[…]auf[…]Papier”
onverso,inscribedinpencil,upperright:“272”,lowerleft:“272”
Provenance
HeinrichStinnes(perstamp)
(…)
Bylatest2012:CorneliusGurlitt,Munich/Salzburg
From6May2014:EstateofCorneliusGurlitt
Bibliographicalreferences:
Schiefler, Gustav. Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks Edvard Munchs bis 1906. Berlin: Bruno
Cassirer,1907.[no.120]
Lugt,Frits.LesMarquesdeCollectionsdeDessins&d’Estampes.1sted.,Amsterdam:Vereenigde
Drukkerijen,1921;supplement,TheHague:MartinusNijhoff,1956.[no.L.4436]
www.marquesdecollections.fr/detail.cfm/marque/11951(20July2015)
Woll,Gerd.EdvardMunch:TheCompleteGraphicWorks.Oslo:Orfeus,2012.[no.146II,ill.]
TheMunchMuseum,Oslo:cat.no.146,Sch.120,MMG236
http://old.munch-museet.no/grafikk/detail.asp?katnr=146(20July2015)[ill.]
Primarysources:
BusinessrecordsHildebrandGurlitt–possiblereferences:
Salesledger1937–41:
3February1937[no.30]
4February1937[no.20]
7March1938[no.60]
31August1938[no.53]
11September1938[no.43]
16November1938[no.43]
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Salesledger1937–?:
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7March1938[no.1085]
31August1938[no.1125]
11September1938[no.1125]
SeizureInventory[Sicherstellungsverzeichnis],2012,no.SV33/041
Furthersourcesconsulted:
DieSammlungDr.HeinrichStinnes,Köln,I.Teil:GraphikdesXIX.undXX.Jahrhunderts.Auct.cat.,
C.G.Boerner,Leipzig,10–11November1932.
Moderne Graphik aus der Sammlung Heinrich Stinnes, Köln (=Versteigerung 55). Auct. cat.
Hollstein&Puppel,Berlin,10–11November1936.
Bibliothek Dr. Heinrich Stinnes, Köln (=Versteigerung 57). Auct. cat., Hollstein& Puppel, Berlin, 7
April1938.
ModerneGraphikausderSammlungDr.HeinrichStinnes,II.Teil(=Versteigerung58).Auct.cat.,
Hollstein&Puppel,Berlin,19–20May1938.
Moderne Graphik der Sammlung Heinrich Stinnes: Aquarelle, Handzeichnungen, Radierungen,
Lithographien,Holzschnitte.Auct.cat.,AugustKlipstein,Berne,20–22June1938.
CorrespondenceHildebrandGurlitt
CulturalPlunderbytheEinsatzstabReichsleiterRosenberg:DatabaseofArtObjectsattheJeude
Paume
Database“CentralCollectingPointMünchen”
Database“EntarteteKunst”
Database“KunstsammlungHermannGöring”
GettyProvenanceIndex,GermanSalesCatalogs
Lootedart.com
LostArt
RépertoiredesBiensSpoliés
RijksbureauvoorKunsthistorischeDocumentatie
VerzeichnisnationalwertvollerKunstwerke(“Reichslistevon1938”)
WittLibrary
Note:
HeinrichStinnes(1867Mülheim–1932Cologne)wasanavidartcollectoractiveinColognefrom
about1910.Followinghisdeathin1932,theStinnescollectionwasdispersedinfiveposthumous
salesauctionsinBerlin,LeipzigandBern.Noreferencetothisworkwasfoundintherespective
auctioncatalogues.
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