© Gurlitt Provenance Research Project Object record excerpt for Lost Art ID: 532984

Greek, Late Fourth Century BCE Tanagra figurine

Clay, mold-cast, polychromed, 128 x 48 x 30 mm

Provenance: (…) Hildebrand Gurlitt, Dusseldorf (per Gurlitt Papers) Thence by descent to Cornelius Gurlitt, Munich/ From 6 May 2014: Estate of Cornelius Gurlitt

Primary sources: Hildebrand Gurlitt and Cornelius Gurlitt Papers: Photographs: BArch, N 1826 Bild-20741 [=7.1_F17135], [n.d.]

Hildebrand Gurlitt and Cornelius Gurlitt Papers – possible reference: Correspondence: BArch, N 1826/177, fol. 191-194 [=vol. 6, fol. 157–160]. Wallraf- Richartz-Museum to Hildebrand Gurlitt, 29 May 1946 Register of Salzburg works, 2014, no. Wien 068_6

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Further sources consulted: Kölner Jahrbuch für Früh- und Vorgeschichte. Vols. 1933–1960. Kleiner, Gerhard. Tanagrafiguren: Untersuchungen zur hellenistischen Kunst und Geschichte. : de Gruyter, 1942. Faiences et porcelaines anciennes; objets de vitrine, tapisseries anciennes, tapis. Auct. cat., Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 24 December 1942. [possibly no. 52?] Eberhard, Paul. Tanagra Figuren aus den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Leipzig: Prisma, 1962. Zink, Antoine and Elsa Porto. “Luminiscence dating of the Tanagra terracottas of the Louvre collections”, pp. 21─26. In: Geochronometria, vol. 24 (2005).

bpk-Bildagentur Bundesarchiv, Koblenz Cultural Plunder by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg: Database of Art Objects at the Jeu de Paume Database “Central Collecting Point München” Database “Kunstsammlung Hermann Göring” Galerie Heinemann Online Getty Provenance Index, German Sales Catalogs Heidelberger Digitale Bibliothek (Auktionskataloge; Heidelberger Historische Bestände) Lootedart.com Lost Art Ministère des Affaires étrangères, Archives diplomatiques (Achats allemands en France, Base Achats Gurlitt) Répertoire des Biens Spoliés Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague Zentralarchiv der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz

Note: The personal papers found in Cornelius Gurlitt’s Salzburg home include a collection of about 2,400 photographs of artworks. Photograph no. 17.1_F17135 shows a display of five artefacts, including this work; inscribed on verso: “39”. This object has sustained extensive fire damage, as have many of the ancient artefacts in the Schwabing Art Trove. Time and circumstances of this damage are currently unknown (cf. Lost Art ID nos. 521787–521799, 521805, 521806, 521814, 521815, 532938). The photograph shows the pre-fire state.

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