Museum Provenance Research (World War II)

Museum Provenance Research Sites:

The Art Institute of Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago: Painting and sculpture provenance report. (Museum Provenance Research) http://www.artic.edu/aic/provenance/index.html Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art: Provenence research project guidelines. Includes a list and photos of paintings that either have gaps in their provenance or that were known to have been confiscated by the Nazis. (Museum Provenance Research) http://www.clemusart.com/provintro.htm Seattle Art Museum Seattle Art Museum: Lists works of art in the European collection that have gaps in their provenance during the Nazi era (1933 - 1945). (Museum Provenance Research) http://www.SeattleArtMuseum.org/collection/HolocaustProvenance.asp Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Searchable online database of provenance research. (Museum Provenance Research) http://www.dartmouth.edu/~hood/provenanceresear.html Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Results of an interim report on LACMA's research on the provenance of paintings in its departments of Modern and Contemporary Art and European Paintings and Sculpture. (Museum Provenance Research) http://www.lacma.org/Provenance/provenance.htm Museum of Modern Art Museum of Modern Art: Lists fourteen works from the MoMA collection with gaps in their histories between 1933 and 1945. (Museum Provenance Research) http://www.moma.org/collection/provenance/ National Gallery of Canada Provenance Research National Gallery of Canada Provenance Research: Lists European paintings with incomplete or not fully documented provenances for the period 1933-1945. (Museum Provenance Research) http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/enthusiast/provenance/index_e.jsp Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Vizcaya Museum and Gardens: Lists 33 paintings with incomplete provenance for the World War II era. (Museum Provenance Research) http://www.vizcayamuseum.org/album_1-9.htm The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Lists 338 European paintings with incomplete provenance for the World War II era. (Museum Provenance Research) http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/provenance_a-f.htm The Detroit Institute of Arts The Detroit Institute of Arts: List of all the paintings that entered the collection from 1932 to the present day, for which there are gaps in the provenance during the period 1932-1946. (Museum Provenance Research) http://www.dia.org/provenance/ Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia Museum of Art: Images and provenance information for art objects, especially European paintings, whose whereabouts during the war years may be in question. (Museum Provenance Research) http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/provenance/ Art Gallery of Ontario: Spoliation Research Art Gallery of Ontario: Spoliation Research: Lists paintings, sculptures, and drawings in the gallery's European collection with gaps in their provenance between 1933-1945, with a description of the gallery's provenance research efforts. (Museum Provenance Research) http://www.ago.net/info/collection/provenance/ Getty Museum Getty Museum: Provenance of works in the Getty's collections, from the rise to power of the Nazi party to its defeat. Includes links to Holocaust-era art issues. (Museum Provenance Research) http://www.getty.edu/art/provenance/ Harvard University Art Museums Harvard University Art Museums: Features an interim report on the provenance research being conducted, including a comprehensive list of works under review. (Museum Provenance Research) http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/research/provenance/ The American Association of Museums The American Association of Museums: Contains guidelines for American museums concerning the unlawful appropriation of objects during the Nazi era. (Museum Provenance Research) http://www.aam-us.org/initiatives/nazi-era/ National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.: World War II provenance research. Photos and history for eleven paintings in the collection that were looted during the war. (Museum Provenance Research) http://www.nga.gov/collection/provfeat.htm National Museums in the United Kingdom National Museums in the United Kingdom: Progress report on provenance research for the period 1933-1945. (Museum Provenance Research) http://www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/spoliation/spoliation.html Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Results of research undertaken by the MFA on the history of ownership of its collection of European paintings. (Museum Provenance Research) http://www.mfa.org/research/