Prater Landscape

Provenance

Where it has been

1. 1865? –
   Herr von Beer
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   “Herr von Beer (1865?) [notes: Rupert Feuchtmüller’s Waldmüller catalogue raisonné is the only known source for the inclusion in the provenance of Herr von Beer, about whom further details are unknown.  The source for his ownership of the Waldmüller in 1865 is also unknown.  It is also possible that “Herr von Beer” should in fact be “Herr von Behr,” as there are very few references to anyone by the name of “Herr von Beer.”  An obscure reference to one Herr von Beer during the years 1870-74 appears in the 1906 Memoirs of Prince Chlowig of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfuerst, vol. 2, p. 58: “When the Bavarians marched past with the other picked troops, my neighbor, Herr von Beer, was so moved that he thanked me heartily for my share in the arrangement.”  A perhaps more relevant reference is in Francis Turner Palgrave’s Official Catalogue of the Fine Art Department, which accompanied the International Exhibition in London of 1862, which lists among the architectural designs of “E. Knoblauch,” a Prussian architect (possibly Carl Heinrich Eduard Knoblauch), the “Residence of Herr von Behr, Wilhelmsplatz, Berlin” (p. 182). ]”

2. ? –
   (Kunsthandlung Arnot, Vienna)
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   “(Kunsthandlung Arnot, Vienna) (?)”

3. By 1930 –
   Private collection, Vienna
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   “Private collection, Vienna (By 1930) [notes: Künstlerbund Hagen. Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller: Jänner-März 1930, in den Räumen des Hagenbundes. [Wien]: [Kunstlerbund Hagen], 1930.]”

4. Until 1937 –
   Fritz Nathan, sold to Dr. Tobler
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   “Fritz Nathan, sold to Dr. Tobler (Until 1937) [notes: According to Johannes Nathan, Fritz Nathan was frequently in Vienna in the 1930s and may very well have purchased the painting there prior to 1937.]”

5. 1937 –
   Dr. Tobler
   purchase
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   “Dr. Tobler (1937-) [notes: The archives of Galerie Nathan show that they sold the painting to one Dr. Tobler in 1937. Johannes Nathan suggested that Fritz Nathan may have sold the painting to Robert von Hirsch on behalf of Dr. Tobler, although their records, which are incomplete, do not provide confirmation one way or the other.  "Dr. Tobler" is handwritten on the "Sammlung Robert von Hirsch, Basel" label on the back of the painting.]”

6. By 1943 – by 1945
   Baron Robert von Hirsch [1883-1977], Basel, sold to Dr. Fritz Nathan
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   “Baron Robert von Hirsch [1883-1977], Basel, sold to Dr. Fritz Nathan (By 1943 - by 1945) [notes: German industrialist von Hirsch lent the Waldmüller to an exhibition of nineteenth-century artworks at the Basel Kunsthalle in 1943. ]”

7. By 1945 –
   Dr. Fritz Nathan, St. Gallen, sold to a Swiss private collector
   purchase
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   “Dr. Fritz Nathan, St. Gallen, sold to a Swiss private collector (By 1945) [notes: Peter Nathan recalled that his father, dealer Fritz Nathan, had purchased the painting from von Hirsch during the war. ]”

8. By 1957 –
   Private collection, Zurich
   purchase
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   “Private collection, Zurich (By 1957) [notes: A 1953 Waldmüller exhibition at the Salzburg Residenz and Bruno Grimschitz’s 1957 Waldmüller monograph both give the painting's current owner as a Zurich private collector, likely the Swiss collector to whom Fritz Nathan had sold it previously. ]”

9. Until 1983 –
   (Galerie Nathan, Zürich, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
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   “(Galerie Nathan, Zürich, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (Until 1983)”

10. 1983 –
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    purchase
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    “The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1983-)”