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Recovery of Assets in Paris

Archives of American Art

Object Details

sova.aaa.jacqself_ref12237
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9dc695188-3c45-4f0b-8bd9-01316bd9f099
Collection Creator
Jacques Seligmann & Co
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Jacques Seligmann & Co. records
Jacques Seligmann & Co. records / Series 1: Correspondence / 1.6: Legal Correspondence Files
Sponsor
Processing of the collection was funded by the Getty Grant Program; digitization of the collection was funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art. Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
Date
1940-1952
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.jacqself, Subseries 1.6.4
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904-1978, bulk 1913-1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement note
This series has been scanned in entirety.
Collection Rights
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Scope and Contents note
This section of Subseries 1.6 includes mostly letters to the U.S. State Department and Paris attorneys J. A. Tout, M. Chauveau, M. Besson, François Bazin, and Claude Perles concerning the recovery of family and company financial and art assets either frozen or stolen during World War II. The 1940 correspondence is with the U.S. State Department and concerns the filing of documents and affadavits in order for the State Department to afford protection to the firm's assets in Paris. The remaining files postdate World War II and concern the very complicated recovery of art stolen from the Paris office. Found here are interesting letters regarding the European state of affairs at the time, comments and notations about other dealers, names of individuals associated with the sales of stolen art, and detailed information about works of art belonging to the Seligmann family. The 1952 file also contains an interesting letter that outlines the firm's previous liquidations and family financial settlements. Two files at the end of the subseries provide further information regarding the recovery of specific works of art. They contain detailed lists of assets and relate to the importation into France of artwork from other European countries such as England and Switzerland. Much of the correspondence is in French.
Collection Restrictions
Use of original papers requires an appointment.
AAA.jacqself_ref12237
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9dc695188-3c45-4f0b-8bd9-01316bd9f099
AAA.jacqself
AAA
Record ID
ebl-1503510494015-1503510494727-1

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