Provenance Research and The Art Trade




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Provenance Research and the Art Trade © 2024 by Peter Wehrle (ED.), Ketterer Kunst, München is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

e-ISBN: 978-3-946476-17-7 (PDF English edition)

Edited by Peter Wehrle, with texts by Sabine Disterheft, Carolin Faude-Nagel, Christina Feilchenfeldt, Christian Fuhrmeister, Robert and Gudrun Ketterer, Stephan Klingen, Sarah von der Lieth, Mario-Andreas von Lüttichau, Susanne Meyer-Abich, Stefan Pucks, Anna B.  Rubin, Theresa Sepp, Sandra Sykora, Agnes Thum, Katharina Thurmair and Peter Wehrle, published by Ernest Rathenau Verlag, Karlsruhe 2024



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  1. Christian Fuhrmeister and Stephan Klingen:
    The gap between the academic art world and the art trade – on the status quo and the future of an uneasy relationship

    Recommended citation: Christian Fuhrmeister and Stephan Klingen: The gap between the academic art world and the art trade – on the status quo and the future of an uneasy relationship, in: Peter Wehrle (ed.): Provenance Research and the Art Trade, Karlsruhe: Ernest Rathenau Verlag 2024, pp. 15–25.

  2. Agnes Thum:
    Case study The Mengers family – collectors and traders

    Recommended citation: Agnes Thum: The Mengers family – collectors and traders, in: Peter Wehrle (ed.): Provenance Research and the Art Trade, Karlsruhe: Ernest Rathenau Verlag 2024, pp. 27–39.

  3. Theresa Sepp:
    Art trade documentary sources and their benefits for scholars and the trade

    Recommended citation: Theresa Sepp: Art trade documentary sources and their benefits for scholars and the trade, in: Peter Wehrle (ed.): Provenance Research and the Art Trade, Karlsruhe: Ernest Rathenau Verlag 2024, pp. 41–49.

  4. Sarah von der Lieth:
    Case study The Kühns art dealership – an approximation

    Recommended citation: Sarah von der Lieth: The Kühns art dealership – an approximation, in: Peter Wehrle (ed.): Provenance Research and the Art Trade, Karlsruhe: Ernest Rathenau Verlag 2024, pp. 51–61.

  5. Susanne Meyer-Abich:
    Auction catalogs and provenance research

    Recommended citation: Susanne Meyer-Abich: Auction catalogs and provenance research, in: Peter Wehrle (ed.): Provenance Research and the Art Trade, Karlsruhe: Ernest Rathenau Verlag 2024, pp. 63–69.

  6. Sabine Disterheft:
    Case study The art collection of Kommerzienrat Isidor Bach – a reconstruction approach

    Recommended citation: Sabine Disterheft: The art collection of Kommerzienrat Isidor Bach – a reconstruction approach, in: Peter Wehrle (ed.): Provenance Research and the Art Trade, Karlsruhe: Ernest Rathenau Verlag 2024, pp. 71–81.

  7. Christina Feilchenfeldt:
    The Paul Cassirer & Walter Feilchenfeldt Archive, Zurich

    Recommended citation: Christina Feilchenfeldt: The Paul Cassirer & Walter Feilchenfeldt Archive, Zurich, in: Peter Wehrle (ed.): Provenance Research and the Art Trade, Karlsruhe: Ernest Rathenau Verlag 2024, pp. 83–91.

  8. Carolin Faude-Nagel:
    Case study The Jewish art dealer Arthur Dahlheim

    Recommended citation: Carolin Faude-Nagel: The Jewish art dealer Arthur Dahlheim, in: Peter Wehrle (ed.): Provenance Research and the Art Trade, Karlsruhe: Ernest Rathenau Verlag 2024, pp. 93–103.

  9. Stefan Pucks:
    Dr. No or: How I learned to love the reverse sides of paintings – Looking back on 28 years with a Berlin auction house

    Recommended citation: Stefan Pucks: Dr. No or: How I learned to love the reverse sides of paintings – Looking back on 28 years with a Berlin auction house, in: Peter Wehrle (ed.): Provenance Research and the Art Trade, Karlsruhe: Ernest Rathenau Verlag 2024, pp. 105–113.

  10. Katharina Thurmair:
    Case study The Paul Metz Collection and the ‘Ettle Case’

    Recommended citation: Katharina Thurmair: The Paul Metz Collection and the ‘Ettle Case’, in: Peter Wehrle (ed.): Provenance Research and the Art Trade, Karlsruhe: Ernest Rathenau Verlag 2024, pp. 115–125.

  11. Anna B. Rubin:
    The Holocaust Claims Processing Office and the art trade: an unlikely partnership

    Recommended citation: Anna B. Rubin: The Holocaust Claims Processing Office and the art trade: an unlikely partnership, in: Peter Wehrle (ed.): Provenance Research and the Art Trade, Karlsruhe: Ernest Rathenau Verlag 2024, pp. 127–133.

  12. Agnes Thum:
    Case study The unknown brother: Fritz Benjamin and his art collection

    Recommended citation: Agnes Thum: The unknown brother: Fritz Benjamin and his art collection, in: Peter Wehrle (ed.): Provenance Research and the Art Trade, Karlsruhe: Ernest Rathenau Verlag 2024, pp. 135–145.

  13. Sandra Sykora:
    The archival sources of Galerie Fischer, Lucerne

    Recommended citation: Sandra Sykora: The archival sources of Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, in: Peter Wehrle (ed.): Provenance Research and the Art Trade, Karlsruhe: Ernest Rathenau Verlag 2024, pp. 147–155.

  14. Mario-Andreas von Lüttichau:
    Case study ‘Degenerate Art’ in the art trade

    Recommended citation: Mario-Andreas von Lüttichau: ‘Degenerate Art’ in the art trade, in: Peter Wehrle (ed.): Provenance Research and the Art Trade, Karlsruhe: Ernest Rathenau Verlag 2024, pp. 157–165.


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    Recommended citation: Peter Wehrle (ed.): Provenance Research and the Art Trade, Karlsruhe: Ernest Rathenau Verlag 2024.