Les ventes de séquestre du marchand Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1921-1923)

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The Sale of the Confiscated Masterpieces of Art Dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1921-1923,) by Vérane Tasseau Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1921-1923), a German-Jewish art dealer know today as having discovered cubist art, assembled an incredible collection of more than 800 works of Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris and Fernand Léger beginning in 1914. During the First World War, he was considered an enemy of France, both because of his German nationality and his pacificist stance. All the works in his possession were confiscated by the French government and sold at auction, with the profits filling the coffers of the treasury as war reparations. The four sales of this kind, which took place between June 1921 and May 1923, were an unprecedented event in the art world that merits analysis. This research is also the occasion to shed new light on Khanweiler himself, an unfortunate merchant who overcame the worst of crises without ever ceasing to defend the artists he believed in.