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| Status: The object is looted. Its current location is unknown. | |
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| “Dr Bertalan Neményi (he died in New York in 1947) was a collector of works by progressive Hungarian masters in the period from 1910 to the 1940s. (He collected paintings, drawings and prints, in that order.) In addition, he had a number of fine contemporary foreign paintings. Part of this large collection was deposited with the Hungarian Commercial Bank of Pest and with the Hungarian General Credit Bank. The chests were carried off by Soviet troops and only a couple of the works taken have since been recovered – for example, Szinyei Merse's "Ballerina" from 1878. (It would be interesting to learn how this particular piece happened to reach its place of discovery, Czechoslovakia.) The Neményi collection, with its many precious works, represents one of Hungary's biggest art losses. It is to be feared that the value of the material it contained has not been recognized by its custodians over the last decades. The collection contains many pastels, aquarelles and drawings that are susceptible to deterioration. The works were packed in many chests, passepartouts and portfolios. Nemenyi’s interests were later represented by Dr. Róbert Palágyi (Falk Miksa u. 19.) and Mme Pál Schwarz (Vörösmarty u. 45.) without success, the more so since the bulk of the collection was carried off by Soviet supply officers at the end of January 1945.” See Sacco di Budapest, p. 383. If you can provide any information about this object, please contact the address below. | |
| Reference Material | |
| (1) Hungarian National Archives, XIX-J-13-391/1948 | |
| Source of Information | |
| Mravik, László, The “Sacco di Budapest” and the Depredation of Hungary, 1938-1949 (Works of art missing from Hungary as a result of the Second World War), Hungarian National Gallery publications, Budapest 1998. Contact Gábor Takács Inspector of Cultural Goods Gyula Forster National Centre for Cultural Heritage Management Inspectorate of Cultural Goods Táncsics Mihály u. 1. H-1014 Budapest Tel.: +36 1 225 4987 Mobile: +36 20 590 6428 Fax: +36 1 225 4985 | |
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