World War II Art Provenance Research : Art Restitution Claim Research Services of the National Gallery of Art Library. (ID: 29821)
Authorship or Source:
National Gallery of Art (U.S.). Library.
Title or Main Description:
World War II Art Provenance Research : Art Restitution Claim Research Services of the National Gallery of Art Library.
Type of Work:
Research resource
Keywords:
- Art auctions --Catalogs --Indexes.
- Art thefts --Europe --History --20th century --Research --Sources.
- Art, Jewish --Indexes.
- Art, Jewish --Sources.
- Art --Private collections --Catalogs --Indexes.
- Art --Collectors and collecting --Europe --History --20th century --Sources.
- Art --Provenance --Research --Indexes.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --Europe --Reparations --Sources.
- Jewish property --Europe --History --20th century --Sources.
- Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- ) --Sources.
- World War, 1939-1945 --Confiscations and contributions --Europe --Sources.
- World War, 1939-1945 --Art and the war.
- Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg für die Besetzten Gebiete. --Sources.
- Central Art Collecting Point (Munich, Germany). --Sources.
Abstract:
The National Gallery of Art's Art Research Library in Washington, D.C. will assist researchers in art restitution claim research, particulary by going through its historical collection of art auction catalogues (one of the largest in the world, and they claim the best indexed). For more information, please contact Mr. John Hagood, Reference Librarian, Email: j-hagood@nga.gov, Tel. 202-842-6688, Website: http://www.nga.gov/resources/dldesc.shtm.
Language and Other Notes:
Cataloger-assigned title.