The case of the Mengers family illustrates how many large Jewish art collections have remained unexplored up until today. Only through an art trade source from 1916 was access to the collection of Olga Mengers possible for the first time. It turned out that Olga Mengers had taken over numerous high-...

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Main Author:	Thum, Agnes 1979- (Author)
Format:	Electronic Article
Language:	German
Published:	2023
Subjects:	Zorn, Anders > 1860-1920 Mengers, Kurt > 1893-1977 Mengers, Olga > 1869-1948 Liebermann, Max > 1847-1935 Mengers, Heinz > 1894-1969 Rückerstattung Sammlung Drittes Reich Kunst
Online Access:	Volltext
Summary:	The case of the Mengers family illustrates how many large Jewish art collections have remained unexplored up until today. Only through an art trade source from 1916 was access to the collection of Olga Mengers possible for the first time. It turned out that Olga Mengers had taken over numerous high-quality works of art from the estate of her father, the famous Kassel industrialist Sigmund Aschrott, who, in return, had built up his collection with the help of Max Friedländer. When Olga Mengers was deported to Theresienstadt in fall 1942, around 50 paintings are presumed to have been in her apartment. There is proof that some of them were confiscated and sold in a compulsory auction, while the fates of other lost artworks are unclear. This confusing situation is best illustrated by two paintings by Max Liebermann and Anders Zorn. Additionally, this essay also introduces Mengers’s sons Kurt and Heinz, who both worked as art dealers. This context also helps to show how both Nazi provenance research and provenance research conducted in a "colonialist context" can be mutually beneficial today.
Physical Description:	Illustrationen
ISBN:	3-946476-13-9