Art dealers like Frederick Mont played an important role in bringing art to American museums.
In previous posts we looked at the biography of Frederick Mont, also known as Frederick Mondschein (1894-1994), and mentions of his name in the provenances of artworks that are now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.
In this post, we look at the provenances of some of the artworks that Mont dealt with that are now in the art collections of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio and LACMA in Los Angeles.
Several of these provenances exhibit gaps in the years 1933-1945.
Toledo Museum of Art
Accession Number: 1951.404
Artist: CANALETTO (GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL) (1697-1768)
Title: The Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice
Date of: late 1730sMedium/Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 24 7/8 in. (47.1 x 63.3 cm.)
Inscription: Two labels on reverse: 1) Anton Canale/M-zu Venedig/a 1740
2) No. 191/Tablau Apertenant au Prince Joseph/Wenceslau de (Liechten)
Nationality: Italian
about Prince Josef Wenzel
1740 Liechtenstein, Vienna
to about Princes Liechtenstein, Vienna
1951
Dealer: Frederick Mont, New York
1951 Toledo Museum of Art=====================
Accession Number: 1952.24
Artist: BEYEREN, ABRAHAM VAN (1620/21 - 1690)
Title: Still Life with a Wine Ewer
Date of: after 1655Medium/Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 31 1/4 x 25 in. (79.3 x 63.5 cm.)
Inscription: Signed lower right (on table edge): AB (in monogram)
Nationality: Dutch
M. Meisgeier, Vienna
(Bought by dealer: Frederick Mont, New York)
1952 Toledo Museum of ArtNOT ON VIEW
http://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/55110/still-life-with-a-wine-ewer?ctx=10fcc856-b17d-4e51-9de1-6ef33fb0b074&idx=0
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Accession Number: 1952.25
Artist: HEEM, JAN DAVIDSZ. DE (1606-1684)
Title: Still Life with a Lobster
Date of: late 1640sMedium/Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 25 x 33 1/4 in. (63.5 x 84.5 cm.)
Inscription: Signed lower left (on table edge): JD.De Heem f.
Nationality: Dutch
Gsell, Vienna
1926 Max Strauss, Vienna
(Glückselig, Wawra,
Vienna, Mar. 1926, no. 18)
Dealer: Mont, New York
1952 Toledo Museum of ArtToledo Museum of Art
Provenance Report, page 20
NOT ON VIEW
