Adam und Eva, 1923

Blatt: 373 x 296 mm
Platte/Bild: 312 x 245 mm

Inventory Number: 65708

Object Number: 65708 D

Acquisition: Acquired in 1948 as a donation from the heirs of the Carl Hagemann estate

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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About the Acquisition

From 1900 onwards, the Frankfurt chemist and industrialist Carl Hagemann (1867‒1940) assembled one of the most important private collections of modern art. It included numerous paintings, drawings, watercolours and prints, especially by members of the artist group “Die Brücke”. After Carl Hagemann died in an accident during the Second World War, the then Städel director Ernst Holzinger arranged for Hagemann’s heirs to evacuate his collection with the museum’s collection. In gratitude, the family donated almost all of the works on paper to the Städel Museum in 1948. Further donations and permanent loans as well as purchases of paintings and watercolours from the Hagemann estate helped to compensate for the losses the museum had suffered in 1937 as part of the Nazi’s “Degenerate Art” campaign. Today, the Hagemann Collection forms the core of the Städel museum’s Expressionist collection.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Adam und Eva

Artist

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Period Produced

20th century

Object Type

art print

Material

vellum paper

Technique

dry point

Geographic Reference

German

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Signiert unterhalb der Darstellung rechts (mit Bleistift): E L Kirchner; bezeichnet unterhalb der Darstellung links: Eigendruck

Captions Added Later: Verso mittig rechts Stempel der Hamburger Kunsthalle (Lugt 1233), mit zugehöriger Nummer (mit Bleistift): 1924/332
Verso mittig links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark: Nicht vorhanden

Work Catalogues: Gercken 1365 II (von III)
Dube R. 472 III (von III)
Schiefler R. 437 II

Property and Acquisition

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Research and Discussion

Provenance

Object History: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Davos

verkauft an Gustav Pauli für die Kunsthalle Hamburg, 1924

beschlagnahmt als „entartete Kunst“ durch das Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda, 21.08.1937

in Kommission an Hildebrand Gurlitt, Hamburg, Oktober 1939

Rückgabe an das RMVP, Mai 1940

Tauschhandel mit Bernhard A. Böhmer, Güstrow

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Carl Hagemann (1867-1940), Frankfurt am Main, 1940

Nachlass Carl Hagemann, Frankfurt am Main, 1940

Schenkung der Erben an das Städelsche Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 1948.

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Since 2001, the Städel Museum has systematically been researching the provenance of all objects that were acquired during the National Socialist period, or that changed owners or could have changed owners during those years. The basis for this research is the “Washington Declaration”, also known as the “Washington Conference Principles”, formulated at the 1998 “Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets” and the subsequent “Joint Declaration”.

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15.11.2024