Sally Falk (Q112625127)
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German art collector (1888-1962)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Sally Falk |
German art collector (1888-1962) |
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Acquired 1917 from the artist by Sally Falk [1888-1962], Mannheim; gift August 1921 to the Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim;[1] (Buchholz Gallery, Berlin and New York);[2] sold 1939 to Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. [1909-1988], New York; sold May 1971 to (Dr. Claude Virsch, Kiel); sold 1974 to NGA.[1] The sculpture was on loan from Falk to the Kunsthalle Mannheim from 1917 until 1921, when the gift became official.[2] The sculpture was removed from the Städtische Kunsthalle on 8 July 1937 by the German government as "degenerate art," shipped to Munich, and possibly exhibited at the Degenerate Art show at the Haus de Kunst in Munich that year. It was acquired c. 1938 by Curt Valentin, of the Buchholz Gallery in New York, probably through the Buchholz Gallery in Berlin, which was one of the agents appointed by the German government's Commission for the Exploitation of Degenerate Art to sell objects purged from German museums. (English)
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Collector Sally Falk was born in 1888 in Heilbronn, Germany, the son of Felix and Ida Falk. In 1899, his father established a cotton processing plant which generated considerable wealth for Sally, who inherited the business in 1916. With his French wife, Adèle [née Demolis] Sally began collecting the art of the impressionists, post-impressionists, and German expressionists. The Falks were patrons of the sculptor Wilhelm Lehmbruck, whom they met in 1915. Lehmbruck created several portraits of Adèle and Sally, who paid the artist a monthly allowance in exchange for an annual selection of his work. In 1921 part of the Falk collection became the property of the Kunsthalle Mannheim, where it had been on long term loan since 1917. Falk, however, suffered serious financial set backs and had to sell much of his collection in 1918, via the Berlin dealer Paul Cassirer. The following year he sold another significant portion of the collection to a Swiss business man, Rudolf Pfrunder, who in turn sold it to Berlin dealer J. Ber Neumann. The Falks relocated to Geneva and set up a new textile firm, through which they recovered some of their wealth and began collecting anew. In the 1920s Falk became a major collector of the work of Alexander Archipenko, whom he probably had met through Lehmbruck. Archipencko also created a portrait sculpture of the Falks. (English)