ARTIST
TITLE/DESCRIPTION
PERIOD/TYPE
RECOVERED/SETTLED
PRESENT/LAST LOCATION
Anon. von Calcar
Pietà sculpture
c.1425
Limewood
SG 2011
Catharijneconvent Museum, Utrecht
Baldung Grien, Hans
Portrait of a Young Man, with a Green Background
1509
Oil
SG 2010
Christie’s, 2011
Barbault, Jean
Spanish lady (orig. ascrib. to Goya)
1750
Oil
BG 1946
London, private collection, 1981
Bartolommeo, Fra
Madonna (seated) with child
Early 16th c. Oil/board
BG, LG 1954
Amsterdam, 1954
Bosch, Hieronymus
The Temptation of St. Anthony
15th c.
Oil
BG 1946
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Botticelli, Sandro
Portrait of a Young Man with a Red Cap
16th c.
Oil/board
NG, SG 1998
Denver Art Museum, Colorado
Boucher, François (attrib.)
Lady’s portrait
18th c. Pastel and chalk
BG, LG 1954
Amsterdam, 1954
Boucher, François (school)
Sopraporte, pastoral scene
Late 18th c. Oil
NG, SG 2002
Christie’s, 2003
Burgkmair, Hans
Portrait of a Man, red jacket, green background
1501 Oil/wood
BG, LG 1954
Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund
Carriera, Rosalba
Portrait of a Lady
Early 18th c. Oil
BG, LG 1954
Amsterdam, 1954
Chiari, Giuseppe Bartolomeo
Venus and Adonis
17th c.
Oil
NG, SG 2002
Christie’s, 2003
Cranach, Lucas, the Elder
Samson and the Lion
1525
Oil/board
BG, LG 1954
England, private collection, 1974
Cuyp, Aelbert (attrib.)
Haan met Kippen
17th c.
Oil
NG, SG 2002
Nick Goodman, LA
Degas, Edgar
Paysage (Landscape with Smokestacks)
1890 Pastel/monotype
NG, SG 1998
Art Institute of Chicago
Devéria, Henri-Victor
Amoureux dans le parc
1860/68
Oil
NG, SG 2002
Simon Goodman, LA
de Wit, Jacob
Mythological scene
1751 Ink
NG, SG 2002
Lili Gutmann, Florence
Elsner, Jakob
Portrait of a Man, red background
1490/1500 Oil
NG, SG 2002
Christie’s, 2003
Gainsborough, Thomas
Portrait of a Young Woman
18th c.
Oil
LG 1954
Italian art market, 1960
Grammont
Flemish feuilles-de-choux tapestry
16th c. Wool and silk
NG, SG 2002
Christie’s, 2003
Greuze, Jean-Baptiste
Portrait of a young girl
18th c.
Oil
BG, LG 1954
Amsterdam, 1954
Guardi, Francesco
Il Canale Grande con San Simeone Piccolo
Late 18th c. Oil
BG, LG 1954
Amsterdam, 1954
Guardi, Francesco
Capriccio Architettonico con Campiello e Chiesa
1770–80
Oil
SG 2013
England, private collection, 1994
Guardi, Francesco
Paesaggio di fantasia con Isola della Laguna
1770–80
Oil
SG 2013
England, private collection, 1994
Hackaert, Jan
Hunting scene in a wood
Late 17th c. Oil
BG, LG 1954
Mauritshuis, The Hague
Hals, Frans
Portrait of Isaac Abrahamsz. Massa
1635
Oil
BG 1946
San Diego Museum of Art
Holbein, Hans, the Elder
Head of Madonna (fragment of altarpiece)
1501
Oil
BG, LG 1954
Amsterdam, 1954
Isenbrandt, Adriaen
Madonna and Child (in the style of Gerard David)
16th c.
Oil
BG, LG 1954
Paris, private collection, 1974
Jacquiot, Ponce (school)
Mother and Child
16th c. Bronze
NG, SG 2002
Simon Goodman, LA
Kangxi period
Garniture of five vases
1700/20 Porcelain
SG 2011
Christie’s Paris
Kienle, Hans Ludwig
Horse and Rider, silver-gilt cup
1630 Silver and gold
NG, SG 2002
Art Institute of Chicago
Lencker, Johannes
Triton and Nymph, silver-gilt ewer
1625 Silver and gold
NG, SG 2002
Rijksmuseum, 2013
Levecq, Jacobus
Portrait of a Young Man in Black
Late 17th c. Oil
BG, LG 1954
Christie’s, 2013
Liotard, Jean-Étienne
The Tea Set (Chinese tea service)
1781/83
Oil
BG, LG 1954
Getty Institute, LA
Memling, Hans
Madonna (seated) with child, surrounded by angels
1510
Oil/board
BG, LG 1954
De Boer Collection, 1961
Oudenaarde
Flemish Game-Park Tapestry
16th c. Wool and silk
NG, SG 2002
Christie’s, 2003
Petzolt, Hans
Silver-gilt double cups
1596 Silver and gold
NG, SG 2002
Detroit Institute of Arts
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste
Le Poirier
1880s Oil
NG, SG 1998
Christie’s, 2010
Ricci, Marco
Capriccio of Roman ruins (statue and fountain)
Early 18th c. Gouache
BG, LG 1954
National Gallery, Washington, DC
Ricci, Marco
Capriccio of Roman ruins (figures and statue)
Early 18th c. Gouache
BG, LG 1954
London, private collection, 1982
Rocca, Michele
Rinaldo and Armida
Early 18th c. Oil
NG, SG 2002
Christie’s, 2003
Schuszler, Angela
Eenden bij een vijver
1822 Oil
NG, SG 2002
Lorenzo Bosi, Tuscany
Schuszler, Angela
Kippen
1822 Oil
NG, SG 2002
Lorenzo Bosi, Tuscany
Signorelli, Luca (studio)
Baptism of Christ
16th c. Oil on wood
BG, LG 1954
London, private collection, 1955
Tyrolean Master (prev. Burgundian)
Narr Pock, jester to Maximilian I
1517/19
Oil
BG, LG 1954
Sotheby’s, 2013
Unknown, Italian
Judgment of Paris
16th c. Oil on wood
BG, LG 1954
Amsterdam, 1954
van Goyen, Jan
Landscape with Two Horsecarts
1652
Oil
BG, LG 1954
Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts
Vigée-Lebrun, Élisabeth
Self-Portrait
Late 18th c. Chalk
BG, LG 1954
Amsterdam, 1954
von Stuck, Franz
Die Sinnlichkeit
1891 Oil
SG 2009
Christie’s, 2010
Also, more than 240 antiques (Meissen, Louis XV furniture, etc.) returned by Dutch government in 2002 and several more in 2010.
THE EUGEN GUTMANN COLLECTION RECOVERED
Please note that this is an incomplete and partial list and by no means the definitive, complete catalog of art.
ARTIST
TITLE/DESCRIPTION
PERIOD/TYPE
RECOVERED/SETTLED
PRESENT/LAST LOCATION
Jamnitzer, Wenzel, and Family
Orpheus Clock
1560/70 Gold, bronze, and iron
SG 2011
Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart
Reinhold, Johann
Great Astronomical Table Clock
1581/92 Gold, bronze, and iron
SG 2011
Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart
SG = Simon Goodman
BG = Bernard Goodman
LG = Lili Gutmann
NG = Nick Goodman
(1) Frans Hals, Portrait of Isaac Abrahamsz. Massa
(2) Hieronymus Bosch, The Temptation of St. Anthony
(3) Jean-Étienne Liotard, The Tea Set
(4) Edgar Degas, Paysage (Landscape with Smokestacks)
(5) Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Le Poirier (The Pear Tree)
(6) Sandro Botticelli, Portrait of a Young Man with Red Cap
(7) Jakob Elsner, Portrait of a Man (red background)
(8) French 1710, pair of Louis XIV ormulu chenets
(9) Hans Ludwig Kienle, Horse & Rider, silver-gilt cup
(10) Johannes Lencker, Triton and Nymph, silver-gilt ewer
(11) Flemish, sixteenth century, Grammont feuilles-de-choux tapestry
(12) Picchi Workshop, maiolica albarello jar
(13) Kangxi, eighteenth century, garniture of five vases
(14) Franz von Stuck, Sensuality
(15) Hans Baldung Grien, Portrait of a Young Man (green background)
(16) Francesco Guardi, Paesaggio di Fantasia con Isola della Laguna
(17) Johann Reinhold, Great Astronomical Table Clock
(18) Jamnitzer, Wenzel, and Family, Orpheus Clock
(19) Jamnitzer, Wenzel, and Family, Orpheus Clock (side)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
From the day I conceived this book it would take nearly ten years to complete. Throughout, numerous well-wishers helped pave the way. Others provided inspiration from near and far. There are so many to whom I am grateful for making The Orpheus Clock become a reality. Although my acknowledgments are in no meticulous order, I must begin with my great-grandfather Eugen Gutmann, who found the clock in Paris and began the Gutmann collection. Then there is my grandfather Fritz Gutmann, who continued the collection and tried so hard to preserve our family legacy. My father, Bernard Goodman, also deserves special recognition for his silent determination while saving countless documents, whose significance would only become apparent decades later.
Special thanks go to my indomitable aunt, Lili Collas-Gutmann, whose courage and perseverance acted as a source of infinite strength and inspiration. My brother, Nick Goodman, generously provided steady encouragement and wise counsel throughout. Patiently he read every single word I wrote, as did my dearest wife, May Quigley-Goodman. Their guidance made my task lighter. Inevitably, there were some bleak periods through which I would not have emerged had it not been for May’s constant nurturing and unwavering support.
Several members of my extended family also offered support, both spiritual and practical, including Eva Schultze-Dumbsky, Francis Fitzgibbon, Jean-Paul Froidevaux, and the late Nadine von Goldschmidt-Rothschild.
My quest might well have ground to a halt without the talents of several skilled professionals. In particular I’d like to thank Tom Kline, Willi Korte, Barry Rosen, Anne Webber, Rebecca Friedman, Connie Walsh, and Terry Higham for their counsel and encouragement. In addition I would like to express my appreciation to a host of dedicated experts: Helen Junz, Rudi Ekkart, Evelien Campfens, Tonie Brandsie, Perry Schrier, Evert Rodrigo, Rik Vos, Maarten Meijer, René Pottkamp, Marie Hamon, Anne Georgeon-Liskenne, Marc Masurovsky, and Randy Schoenberg.
There were many who helped with outstanding research and skilled translation, such as Christine Koenigs, Helen Hofhuis, Frank van Putten, Uwe Hartmann, Monika Flacke, Ilse von zur Mühlen, Horst Kessler, Richard Winkler, Cornelia Kruppik, Katrin Lege, Michael Jurk, all those at the Getty Research Institute, and Carmen Ketola, who made such a sensitive translation of my grandfather’s poem.
Along my journey I have been inspired and enlightened by countless authors and journalists, including Hector Feliciano, Shuchen Tan, Lien Heyting, Walter Robinson, Morley Safer, Melanie McFadyean, the late Marilyn Henry, Gerard Aalders, Corinne Bouchoux, Michael Bazyler, Jonathan Petropoulos, Robert Edsel, Nancy Yeide, Jane van Nimmen, Elena Ceccarini, and Annie Jacobsen—from the encyclopedic Lynn Nicholas to the Proustian Edmund de Waal.
I am particularly appreciative of the relations that have emerged between my family and the two great auction houses. At Christie’s a special thank-you must go to Sheri Farber for her untiring assistance. Also, Monica Dugot and her skilled restitution department have been a constant support. Other notables include Marc Porter, Jop Ubbens, Nicholas Hall, James Hastie, Toby Woolley, and Anthony Phillips. At Sotheby’s, the most knowledgeable Lucian Simmons and the author Richard Aronowitz have both become valued colleagues.
It has been particularly gratifying to have encountered several collectors and museum officials who acknowledged the fundamental necessity for Holocaust-era restitution, notably Suzanne Delehanty, Philip Furmanski, Abe Somer, Anja Heuss, Cornelia Ewigleben, Irmgard Müsch, Moritz Paysan, Scott Schaefer, Douglas Druick, and the late James Wood.
And lastly I must thank my dear friend, the writer Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, without whom this book might never have been completed. It was her sober advice that, among other things, led me to my wonderful agents, Eric Lasher and Maureen Lasher. With the help of Gordon Dillow, the Lashers began to shape my rambling notes into a coherent entity. From there I was introduced to the talented team at Scribner: Colin Harrison, Katrina Diaz, Alexsis Johnson, and Susan Moldow. I am indebted to them for their patience and expertise.
I am truly fortunate, thanks to all those mentioned above and those whose names elude me, to be able to offer this book to my children, James Goodman, Emma Goodman, Tara Goodman, and Rebecca Goodman, and all the generations that will follow.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
© H. ZWIETASCH, LANDESMUSEUM WÜRTTEMBERG
Born in London shortly after World War II and educated at the Lycée Français in London, then at Munich University, Simon Goodman entered the music business in the late 1960s. After specializing in breaking new British artists abroad, Goodman then established an alternative distribution network in the United States in the early 1980s. Goodman’s father had secretly begun searching for his own father’s lost treasures, looted by the Nazis, a legacy that Simon later inherited. Goodman is married to actress and writer May Quigley and has one son and three daughters. He lives in Los Angeles, where his search for his family’s treasures continues.
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