Dr Curt Glaser (1879-1943); his sale, Max Perl (Berlin), 18-19 May 1933, lot 1261a; purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978); Princes Gate Bequest 1978. This drawing was formerly in the collection of Dr Curt Glaser (1879-1943), the German Jewish art historian and collector. Glaser was the Director of the Staatliche Kunstbibliothek in Berlin until April 1933 when he was forced to resign his post as a result of the Nazis’ Laws for the Reestablishment of Civil Service, forbidding Jews from holding positions in the civil service and other professions. He sold the greater part of his collection of paintings and works on paper in two auctions in Berlin in May 1933. This drawing was acquired by Count Antoine Seilern, and in 1978 formed part of the Princes Gate bequest to the Home House Society (now the Samuel Courtauld Trust) for the benefit of The Courtauld Gallery. It shares this provenance with seven other drawings in The Courtauld’s collection. In 2003, Dr Glaser’s heirs submitted a claim for restitution of these eight drawings. Considering the claim in 2009, the UK’s Spoliation Advisory Panel found that the sale was not forced and that the prices paid for the drawings were fair. The Panel recommended therefore that the drawings should remain in ownership of the Samuel Courtauld Trust, held for public benefit at The Courtauld Gallery, London. The Panel also recommended that a note outlining the history and provenance of the drawings during and since the Nazi era should be included whenever they are displayed. Read the Spoliation Advisory Panel’s full report: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/248231/0757.pdf

A Berlin TrendSetter: The Fate of Curt Glaser and his Collection, Kunstmuseum, Basel, 22/10/2022-12/02/2023

Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Related Drawings from the
Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 11/05/1988-04/09/1988

The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection B), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 29/01/1982-25/07/1982

Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Related Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988
cat. no. 31
dated 1887

The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection B), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1982
cat. no. 179

Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 243
Fig. p. pl. LXVIII
dated c. 1887 ...More

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: "I / 27".