Untitled, 1958

Blatt: 502 x 651 mm

Physical Description: Pen and brush in watercolour and body colour, scratched with brush handle, on wove paper, perforations in the corners

Inventory Number: 17903

Object Number: 17903 Z

Acquisition: Acquired in 2019 as a bequest from Ulrike Crespo from the Karl Ströher Collection

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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About the Acquisition

The Städel Museum has the photographer, psychotherapist, philanthropist, and long-time Frankfurt resident Ulrike Crespo (1950–2019) to thank for more than ninety works ranging from classical modernism to American pop art. The paintings, drawings, and prints by Wassily Kandinsky, Otto Dix, Oskar Schlemmer, Max Ernst, Jean Dubuffet, Cy Twombly, and others originally belonged to the holdings of her grandfather, the Darmstadt-based industrialist Karl Ströher (1890–1977), who amassed an extensive art collection after World War II.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Untitled

Draughtsman

Henri Michaux

Period Produced

20th century

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Pen and brush in watercolour and body colour, scratched with brush handle, on wove paper, perforations in the corners

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

French

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Monogrammiert unten rechts (mit Bleistift): HM

Captions Added Later: Verso nummeriert und datiert oben links (mit Bleistift): No 788 / 1958; nummeriert mittig: No 51 [im Kreis]; bezeichnet unten links: x; unten rechts: Ströher / 2cm SP [?]

Watermark: entlang der oberen Blattkante: RIVES // BFK

Property and Acquisition

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Research and Discussion

Provenance

Object History: Verkauf durch die Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris/Frankfurt am Main an Karl Ströher (1890-1977), Darmstadt, 1959

Nachlass Karl Ströher, 1977

an seine Enkelin Ulrike Crespo (1950-2019), Frankfurt am Main

Vermächtnis an das Städelsche Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 2019.

Information

Since 2001, the Städel Museum has systematically been researching the provenance of all objects that were acquired during the National Socialist period, or that changed owners or could have changed owners during those years. The basis for this research is the “Washington Declaration”, also known as the “Washington Conference Principles”, formulated at the 1998 “Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets” and the subsequent “Joint Declaration”.

The provenance information is based on the sources researched at the time they were published digitally. However, this information can change at any time when new sources are discovered. Provenance research is therefore a continuous process and one that is updated at regular intervals.

Ideally, the provenance information documents an object’s origins from the time it was created until the date when it found its way into the collection. It contains the following details, provided they are known: