Die Sammlungen von Tilla Durieux sowie Ludwig und Estella Katzenellenbogen. Mehrfachverfolgung, Besitzwechsel und die Herausforderung differenzierter Bewertung
(The Collections of Tilla Durieux and of Ludwig and Estella Katzenellenbogen. Multiple Persecution, Changes of Ownership and the Challenge of Differentiated Assessment)
- When
- Wednesday, 4 November, 16:45
- Where
- Sprengel Museum Hannover, Auditorium
- Panel
- Panel 15: Provenienzforschung im heutigen Kunsthandel und Auktionswesen
Actress Tilla Durieux married art dealer Paul Cassirer in 1910, after they had lived together for several years. Cassirer had two children from his first marriage to Lucy Oberwarth: Peter and Suzanne Aimée. When Cassirer died by suicide in 1926, their divorce had not yet been finalized, making Durieux his widow. As Peter had died in 1919, Cassirer’s art collection passed to Durieux and Suzanne Aimée.
In 1930, Durieux married Ludwig Katzenellenbogen, who had lost much of his fortune after the 1929 stock market crash. Katzenellenbogen also had three children from his first marriage. Following the divorce, their art collection was divided, creating complex questions of ownership that persist today.
Provenance research is further complicated by the various names under which Durieux appears in the Paul Cassirer Archive and later literature: Tilla Durieux, Tilla Cassirer, Tilla Durieux-Cassirer and Tilla Katzenellenbogen.
This panel seeks to clarify some of these complex provenances.