Baresel-Brand, Andrea ... [et al.] — Gurlitt : status report.

[Munich] : Hirmer, [2017]. Hardcover. 344 pp. illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 cm. English text. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - This comprehensive volume accompanies the dual exhibitions on the Gurlitt art trove and presents a documentary-style overview of both the provenance research and public discourse surrounding the collection. It reflects the current state of scholarly and journalistic inquiry into Hildebrand Gurlitt, one of the most controversial art dealers during the Nazi era, and the vast art collection discovered in 2012. The book combines historical analysis, case studies of individual artworks, and critical reflections on art looting, restitution, and the ethics of collecting, making it an essential reference for researchers, historians, and anyone interested in provenance and cultural memory. Contents : 'Gurlitt : Status report' - Topics and texts -- The long shadows of the past - A critical appraisal of Hildebrand Gurlitt's life / Shlomit Steinberg -- 'Occasionally spirit is turned into money' - Hildebrand Gurlitt as an art dealer during the Nazi period / Johannes Gramlich and Meike Hopp -- Hildebrand Gurlitt and the 'special commission Linz' / Birgit Schwarz -- Switzerland - Market or hub? / Georg Kreis -- Excuses, ignorance, and lack of empathy - The treatment of victims of national socialism after 1945 and the 'Gurlitt affair' / Stefan Koldehoff -- Must the art history of the 20th century be rewritten? A first art-historical analysis of the Gurlitt holdings / Matthias Frehner -- Provenance research before and after the 'Gurlitt affair' / Anja Heuss -- The challenge of researching the provenance of Gurlitt's holdings / Andrea Baresel-Brand -- The challenge of provenance research : Can primary sources be fully trusted? / Yehudit Shendar -- Max Beckmann, old woman with Cloche hat, 1920 / Meike Hoffmann -- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, two nudes on a bed (two models), ca. 1907/08 / Meike Hoffmann -- August Macke, landscape with sailing boats, 1913 / Meike Hoffmann -- Otto Mueller, portrait of Maschka Mueller, 1924/25 / Meike Hoffmann -- Fritz Salo Glaser / Andrea Bambi -- 'They are the finest ones, for which I had set the highest prices.' Adolph von Menzel in the collection of Albert Martin Wolffson / Britta Ole´nyi von Husen -- 'For Herr Braunthal, in friendship' The fate of Max Liebermann's Self-portrait of the artist with sketchbook / Linda Philipp-Hacka -- A private sale outside the public realm : Franc¸ois Boucher's Head of a girl as part of the Parisian collection of Roger Delapalme / Marcus Leifeld -- The Dorville collection - A forced sale for investors? / Nathalie Neumann -- Dubious - Georges Seurat's drawing Strolling woman and the expertise provided by Andre´ Schoeller. ISBN 9783777429632.