Sultan, Rosa Ida (Coba) and Adolf (family)

Art collection, bronze and stone statues, vases and valuable collectables and first edition books, Adolf Abraham Sultan, Rosa Ida “Coba” Sultan, Claere oder Klara Paula Guttsmann geb. Sultan, Paul Guttsmann, Anni Victorius, Grete Sultan

DESCRIPTION

In 1905 Richard Riemerschmid designed and built Adolf and Coba Sultan a large villa in Hubertussee Grünewald, Berlin. In addition, Riemerschmid designed and built all of the furniture and lighting for the villa, including a well-known music room for Grete Sultan and Anni Victorius to hold intimate concerts. The Sultan house was a known haven and home to artists and musicians. Adolf and Coba were also avid art and book collectors. Ludwig von Hofmann was commissioned to paint a large mural and other artwork for the house.

Max Liebermann painted a portrait of Adolf Sultan, which is currently held at the Liebermann Villa in Wannsee. In the early 90s, Allen Guttsman was informed that The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe had on display the furniture from his great grandfather’s house - the house he grew up in. This furniture was taken at the same time that their house on Ernst-ring Straße was forcibly sold with all of its contents to the NSDAP. Some of the furniture is still on display in the Museum. Adolf’s company - the Otto Dillner company, was also taken over and forced to produce items for the Wehrmacht.

Adolf and Coba’s daughter and her husband were also art collectors, often supporting then-young and little-known artists who later became well-known.

- Known listings of missing items can be found in the following files and places

WGA

LABO

- Works from both houses included the following artists and others. The numbers of works and types are not exhaustive.

Richard Riemerschmid

Ludwig von Hofmann

Max Liebermann

- Known from Claere (Klara Paula) Guttsmann’s collection and packed in a lift and sent to Hamburg to be sent to Brazil

- Richard Riemerschmid Furniture

“All the furniture in the following 4 rooms was designed by the well-known architect Riemerschmidt and in the "Deutsche Werkstätten A.G" made in Dresden”

From Labo File Klara Paula Guttsmann und Allen U. Guttsman (Klaus Ullrich Guttsmann)

- Bedroom Mahogany Furniture

2 double beds

1 wardrobe (3 pieces 3.60m)

1 dresser

2 bedside tables

1 dressing table 1.80m

1 chair

3 piece mirror

1 Sofa

2 chairs

- Living Room Oak Furniture

1 plush sofa

2 plush armchairs

4 bookshelves - 1 (2m length), 1 (1.6m length), 2 (1.2m length)

1 Desk w/archchair

1 Table

4 upholstered chairs

1 Bechstein Grand Piano with bench

- Library

1500 Books

- Dining Room Mahogany Furniture

1 dining table, extendable for 18 people

12 chairs with leather seats

1 buffet, length 3.20 m.

3-piece. with cupboard

1 sideboard length 2.00

Emil Nolde 1 Oel, 2 Wasserfarben

Max Liebermann 1 Oel, Sketches and others

Heckendorf 2 Oelgemälde

Gavell 1 Oelgemälde, 3 Wasserfarben

Adolph Menzel

HISTORY

All of the items originated in Berlin and were confiscated directly from the family or potentially from the lifts 1933-1944. Some items were to be sent to Switzerland, Japan, Venezuela and others were taken while the family was in Berlin

SOURCES

Clara Guttsman 253 224