In this post, we begin to gather information about Walter Hugelshofer, a Swiss art historian.
(above: Saint Florian at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art,
1. Hugelshofer mentioned in relation to selected artworks in US museums
2. Hugelshofer mentioned in relation to auctions
3. Hugelshofer mentioned in the Kleinberger archives
4. Hugelshofer mentioned in association with Julius Böhler archives
1. Selected Artworks in US museums
Saint Florian
Nelson-Aktins, 59-56
Provenance (Nelson-Atkins)
Zu den drei Mohren, Augsburg, Germany [1];
Possibly an unknown Bavarian collection [2];
With Dr. Walter Hugelshofer (1899-1987), Zürich, by October 4, 1958 [3];
Purchased from Hugelshofer by the dealer Julius Böhler, stock no. 58104, October 4, 1958-October 29, 1959 [4];
Purchased from Julius Böhler by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1959.
https://art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/7415/saint-florian
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Alexander and Bucephalus, 1861/1862
Edgar Degas
Not on View
Bequest of Lore Heinemann in memory of her husband, Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann
Accession Number
1997.57.1
Provenance (NGA)
(Degas atelier sale number 1, 6-8 May 1918, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, no. 5, as Achille et le Bucéphale). Dr. Hans Graber [1886-1956], Morcote, by 1951.[1] (Walter Hugelshofer, Zurich); (M. Knoedler and Co., New York) on joint account with (Pinakos, Inc., [Rudolf Heinemann], New York) from October 1956;[2] Lore Heinemann [Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann], New York; bequest 1997 to NGA.
[1] Lent to a 1951 exhibition in Bern from a private collection in Morcote; in Douglas Cooper, Pastels by Edgar Degas, New York, 1953, that collection is identified as Hans Graber. Graber was an art historian and collector who wrote on nineteenth century artists including Degas. The painting might have been exhibited at the Kunsthaus, Zurich, in 1929, according to Waldemar George, "L'Art en Suisse," Formes, 1929, p. 263.
[2] Knoedler stock book no. 10, p. 187, no. A6501, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (copy in NGA curatorial files). Knoedler's half was likely sold back to Pinakos, as the painting is next in the collection of Heinemann's widow Lore, who donated it to the National Gallery of Art.
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The Death of Virginia, c. 1525
Accession Number: 2005.50.2
Provenance (NGA)
Walter Hugelshofer, Zurich. Les Enluminures, Paris and Chicago; Private collection; Anonymous Gift to NGA, 2005.
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.108642.html#provenance
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Theater-Mountain-Construction
1920
Paul Klee
Credit Line: The Berggruen Klee Collection, 1987
Accession Number: 1987.455.4
Provenance (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Walter Hugelshofer, Zürich (in 1929?); Bruno Streiff, Aarthal/Zürich; Studer (until 1982; sale, Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern, June 23–25, 1982, no. 379, sold to Berggruen); Heinz Berggruen, Paris and Berlin (1982–87; his gift to MMA)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/484873
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Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saint Basil the Great and Saint John the Baptist and Donor
1540–50
Niccolò dell' Abate Ital
Credit Line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Accession Number: 1975.131.45
Provenance (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Unidentified French (?) Collector (Lugt 474); Walter Hugelshofer (Swiss)According to Harry G. Sperling; Galerie Fischer, Lucerne; Harry G. Sperling
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A Shepherd Family Resting, 1735/1740
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Credit Line: The Armand Hammer Collection
Accession Number: 1987.49.1
Provenance: NGA
Paul Fatio (PF, Lugt undescribed); Walter Hugelshofer, Switzerland; Private collection, USA; (sale Sotheby's, New York, 16 January 1986, no. 105); (Kate Ganz Ltd., London); NGA purchase in 1987 with funds from the Armand Hammer Foundation.
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.70163.html
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Some mentions of Hugelshofer in auctions