This collection disappeared during NAZI time and 25% of the collection appeared on the art market in the early 1950, through Swiss Art dealer Eberhard Kornfeld.
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Egon Schiele
Drawing
12 1/8 x 19 " ( 30.8 x 48.2 cm)
1.288
As per Jane Kallier: Egon Schiele, The Complete Works 1998, New York: №:1288 Two Friends, Reclining (Tenderness) Zwei Freundinnen, liegend (Zärtlichkeit) Watercolor and pencil. Signed and dated, lower center. (30.8 x 48.2 cm). Comments: The paint handling
As per Jane Kallier: Egon Schiele, The Complete Works 1998, New York: Klipstein & Kornfeld, May 25, 1962, sale 108, lot 1041; Serge Sabarsky; Felix Landau; Kornfeld & Klipstein, May 29, 1964, sale 112, lot 1159 As per Archive Neue Galerie Nr. 324/84: 192
2
(Gelehrter) Scholar
Circle of Rembrandt
Graphic
unknown measurements
As per Kieslinger Inventory, attached to Jewish property declarations of Fritz Grünbaum: 25. b) Kreis des Rembrandts, Gelehrter
3
2 Soldaten vor Gebirgslandschaft (two Soldiers in front of a mountain)
Albin Egger-Lienz
Drawing
unknown measurements
As per Kieslinger Inventory, attached to Jewish property declarations of Fritz Grünbaum: 17. Egger Lienz, 2 Soldaten vor Gebirgslandschaft, Aquarell
unknown
4
2 Studies of Coachmen (2 Kutscherstudien)
unknown
unknown measurements
As per Kieslinger Inventory, attached to Jewish property declarations of Fritz Grünbaum: 41. Tötel Blatt, Englisch, 2 Kutscherstudien Studies of coachmen
As per correspondence Lukacs/Kornfeld: Ender: 4 aquarellierte Skizzenblätter (4 sketches watercolor) As per Gutekunst & Klipstein, Auction catalogue Auktion 75, 13.-14. November 1953: 102. Th. Ender 4 Blatt Landschaftszeichnungen. 290,- 4 sheets landscap
As per alleged correspondence Lukacs/Kornfeld (handed over by David Bacalar) P0019: 1956 bought from Lukacs As per Correspondence Kornfeld/Bratschi (handed over by Thomas Buomberger): Delivery from Bruxelles to Bern by E.W. Kornfeld in July 1953 Not sol
During his lifetime, Fritz Grünbaum was a well-known art collector, especially of Austrian modernist art, whose artworks were featured in famous catalogues and exhibitions. His collection extended to over 400 pieces, 80 of them have been works made by Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
The known works out of the collection Fritz Grünbaum you can find in the collections of prominent museums and privat art collectors. The fate of the remaining rest is buried in the past up till now.
You can find all mentioned documents here. Please contact us, if you need additional information regarding the provenance.