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Lot Essay
We are grateful to Michel Schulman for confirming the authenticity of this lot which will be included in his forthcoming Georges Michel catalogue raisonné.
The present work is being offered for sale pursuant to an agreement between the consignor and the Heir of Franziska Heinemann. This resolves any dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the buyer.
Founded in 1872, Galerie Heinemann was a family-run, longstanding and successful art-dealing business in Munich, with branches in Frankfurt am Main, Nice and New York, renowned for its handling of 19th and early 20th century art.
Under the management of Franziska Heinemann (1882-1940) and her son Fritz from 1929, the business faced increasing strictures as a result of the anti-Semitic measures enacted by the Nationalist Socialists government after 1933. It was aryanised (taken over, under value) by Friedrich Heinrich Zinckgraf, an employee of the gallery, in a process starting in November 1938, which included a loan to Zinckgraf from Reich Minister Hjalmar Schacht. The business was renamed Galerie am Lenbachplatz in 1941, and it continued to operate under this name even after the war had ended.
Beyond the loss of the family business, Franziska suffered the confiscation of her art collection from her apartment, imprisonment and payment of the compulsory ‘Reich Flight Tax’ before she was able to emigrate to New York in 1939, where she reunited with her son Fritz (1905-1983); her son Paul (1909-1965) remained in Europe.
The present work is being offered for sale pursuant to an agreement between the consignor and the Heir of Franziska Heinemann. This resolves any dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the buyer.
Founded in 1872, Galerie Heinemann was a family-run, longstanding and successful art-dealing business in Munich, with branches in Frankfurt am Main, Nice and New York, renowned for its handling of 19th and early 20th century art.
Under the management of Franziska Heinemann (1882-1940) and her son Fritz from 1929, the business faced increasing strictures as a result of the anti-Semitic measures enacted by the Nationalist Socialists government after 1933. It was aryanised (taken over, under value) by Friedrich Heinrich Zinckgraf, an employee of the gallery, in a process starting in November 1938, which included a loan to Zinckgraf from Reich Minister Hjalmar Schacht. The business was renamed Galerie am Lenbachplatz in 1941, and it continued to operate under this name even after the war had ended.
Beyond the loss of the family business, Franziska suffered the confiscation of her art collection from her apartment, imprisonment and payment of the compulsory ‘Reich Flight Tax’ before she was able to emigrate to New York in 1939, where she reunited with her son Fritz (1905-1983); her son Paul (1909-1965) remained in Europe.