Who was César Mange de Hauke (1900-1965)?
What was the role of this French art dealer in bringing European artworks to America?Which artists did he handle?
Who were his clients?
Who were his clients?
Why did the Art Looting Investigation Unit put him on the Red Flag List?
In this post we take a look at some of Hauke's (Haucke's) transactions in the Knoedler files at the Getty Provenance Index.
de Haucke, Cesar Monge. Paris, 14 rue du Cherche-Midi. Dealer active in Paris and New York before the war. Active in Paris during the occupation; in contact with Wuester, Haberstock and Hofer; documentary evidence in Unit files.
In this post we take a look at some of Hauke's (Haucke's) transactions in the Knoedler files at the Getty Provenance Index.
Paper archives are not included which means that the information presented here represents only a very limited, incomplete view.
1. Knoedler
| Knoedler ledgers digitised by the Getty |
The digitized Knoedler Ledgers, available for download from the Getty Provenance Index Github, list 44 transactions that mention De Hauke. Of these, 27 entered the Knoedler ledgers after 1933.
1.1. Profile of the de Hauke transactions buyers: art entered Knoedler ledger 1933-1970
The artists De Hauke sold via Knoedler (according to these files) in 1933-1970 were:
1.2 Artists| Degas, Hilaire Germain Edgar | 2 |
| Edouard Vuillard | 2 |
| Fantin Latour | 2 |
| Picasso | 2 |
| Pissarro, Camille | 2 |
| Renoir, Auguste | 2 |
| Sisley, Alfred | 2 |
| Vuillard, Edouard | 2 |
| Bonnard, Pierre | 1 |
| Braque | 1 |
| Cezanne, Paul | 1 |
| Corot, Jean Baptiste Camille | 1 |
| Goya | 1 |
| Gris, Juan | 1 |
| Houdon, Jean Antoine | 1 |
| No artist? | 1 |
| Prud'hon, Pierre Paul | 1 |
| Rousseau, Henri | 1 |
| Seurat, Georges Pierre | 1 |
2. GPI Knoedler Ledgers, search on "Hauke"
The Knoedler ledgers can be quite difficult to read because multiple transactions involving the same art work can take place over time, with bits and pieces of the artwork's history popping up in different ledgers.Sometimes, the seller is not mentioned. So it can be useful to look at several transactions to see who the original seller was.
In the table below, we merged information from transactions that share the same Knoedler number, in an attempt to bring buyer and seller together:
3. GPI Public Collections, search on "Hauke"
| PI Picture No. | Sort Number | Artist Name | Title | Institution | Accession No. | Format/Support | Comments | Sale Note 5 | Date | Owner/Location 4 | Notes |
| 3518 | CÉZANNE, PAUL (French) | La Vieille au Chapelet | London, England, National Gallery | 6195 | canvas | 1953 - | London, England, UK. National Gallery (through Hauke) | ||||
| 3518 | CÉZANNE, PAUL (French) | La Vieille au Chapelet | London, England, National Gallery | 6195 | canvas | 1953 - 1953 | Hauke, Cesar de, selling for Doucet family | ||||
| 3519 | CÉZANNE, PAUL (French) | Dans le parc du Château Noir | London, England, National Gallery | 6342 | canvas | 1963 - | London, England, UK. National Gallery (through Hauke) | ||||
| 3519 | CÉZANNE, PAUL (French) | Dans le parc du Château Noir | London, England, National Gallery | 6342 | canvas | 1963 - 1963 | Hauke, Cesar de, selling for Bolli, Robert de | ||||
| 3568 | DELACROIX, EUGÈNE (French) | Ovid Among the Scythians | London, England, National Gallery | 6262 | canvas | 1956 - | London, England, UK. National Gallery (from Hauke) | ||||
| 3568 | DELACROIX, EUGÈNE (French) | Ovid Among the Scythians | London, England, National Gallery | 6262 | canvas | -1956 | Hauke, Cesar de (from heirs of Seillière) | ||||
| 3782 | VUILLARD, EDOUARD (French) | Le Déjeuner à Villeneuve-sur-Yonne | London, England, National Gallery | 6373 | canvas | right-hand portion of a painting cut in two and repainted by the artist in 1935; companion to London NG 6388 | 1966 - | London, England, UK. National Gallery (through de Hauke) | |||
| 3782 | VUILLARD, EDOUARD (French) | Le Déjeuner à Villeneuve-sur-Yonne | London, England, National Gallery | 6373 | canvas | right-hand portion of a painting cut in two and repainted by the artist in 1935; companion to London NG 6388 | 1966 - 1966 | Hauke, César de, buying for National Gallery (from Daber) | |||
| 17082 | PISSARRO, CAMILLE (French) | The Artist's Garden at Eragny | Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art | 1970.17.54 | canvas | 1964 - 1965 | Knoedler's. London, England, UK; New York, NY, USA; Paris, France (from Hauke) | Knoedler's no. 8803 | |||
| 17082 | PISSARRO, CAMILLE (French) | The Artist's Garden at Eragny | Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art | 1970.17.54 | canvas | -1964 | Hauke, César de. Genève, Schweiz | ||||
| 17281 | SEURAT, GEORGES PIERRE (French) | The Lighthouse at Honfleur | Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art | 1983.1.33 | canvas | Hauke, César de. New York, NY, USA | |||||
| 16976 | MATISSE, HENRI (French) | Pot of Geraniums | Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art | 1963.10.41 | canvas | Hauke, Mrs. (?). Berlin, Deutschland (or Hanke) | |||||
| 17091 | REDON, ODILON (French) | Pandora | Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art | 1963.10.56 | canvas | from a series; companion to Washington NG 1963.10.57; NY Met 60.19.1; Kimbell AP 66.14; other panels in various locations |
