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An obligation of means, not results, for provenance research
Geneviève-Charlotte Simon, called Eugénie Dalton (1802-1859)
A Kingfisher, c. 1834
Oil on canvas - 24.5 × 32.4 cm
Painting that could not be purchased by the Musée Delacroix because its location between 1933 and 1945 is unknown.
Photo: Galerie La Nouvelle Athènes
A Kingfisher, c. 1834
Oil on canvas - 24.5 × 32.4 cm
Painting that could not be purchased by the Musée Delacroix because its location between 1933 and 1945 is unknown.
Photo: Galerie La Nouvelle Athènes
In recent years, we have heard more and more dealers and curators complaining about a worrying trend: the inability to acquire works whose whereabouts between 1933 and 1945 cannot be accurately determined. This is not an unfounded fear. We have seen on several occasions that this reason has ultimately been used by both the Service des Musées de France and certain commissions to block acquisitions sought by curators, solely because of this lack of provenance. We will cite…
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