First Public Showing of Monet, Rodin and Maillols From Gurlitt Trove
BONN, Germany — A rendering of early-20th-century London’s industrial grime in ethereal blues and green-grays by Claude Monet. A crouching woman cast in marble by Rodin. And two sketches of nudes by Aristide Maillol. These are among the several hundred works found in the homes of Cornelius Gurlitt, many of them suspected of having been looted by the Nazis.
Nearly four years after news of the discovery of the trove stunned the art world and stirred outrage over the fact that German authorities had kept its existence under wraps for months, the public will finally be allowed to view about 250 works selected from more than 1,200 as part of a show to open on Nov. 3 at the Bundeskunsthalle here. The show, “Dossier Gurlitt: Nazi Art Theft and Its Consequences,” will focus on works believed to have been stolen by, or sold to the Nazis at below-market prices, from mostly Jewish-owned private collections.
Most of the works to be displayed here in the former West German capital still have questions regarding their ownership history, organizers said on Tuesday at the first public showing of a few pieces at the Bundeskunsthalle. They included the Monet, the Rodin and the Maillols. Members of a team including curators, a conservationist and an art historian said that they hoped that by bringing the works into the public — previously impossible because of a lengthy legal dispute over Mr. Gurlitt’s will — some of the remaining mysteries may be solved.
“The fresh attention could bring new claims,” said Rein Wolfs, director of the Bundeskunsthalle. “At the same time, we don’t expect that someone will come to the exhibition and suddenly have a revelation that a work had been hanging in the home of a relative.”'>>>
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