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Paintings, furniture, silver, porcelain, musical instruments and the library, as well as other household goods from the villa of the Sultan family at Ernst-Ring-Straße 2, Berlin-Schlachtensee.
Lost Art-ID
614402
Name
Paintings, furniture, silver, porcelain, musical instruments and the library, as well as other household goods from the villa of the Sultan family at Ernst-Ring-Straße 2, Berlin-Schlachtensee.
Description
Object groups: Paintings (murals, watercolours, oil paintings, etc.), graphic, library objects, sculpture, crafts & folk art (carpets, cutlery, etc.), records and documents, grand pianos
including 1 painting and 2 watercolours by Emil Nolde, 1 painting by Max Liebermann, 2 oil paintings by Heckendorf (presumably Franz Heckendorf 1888-1962), 1 oil painting and 3 watercolours by Gavell, murals by Ludwig von Hofmann, furniture by Richard Riemerschmid, silverware for 48 persons, 8000 volumes of library (bookplate for Adolf Sultan by Bruno Heroux).
History
Adolf Sultan (1861 - 1941) was a liquor manufacturer. In 1906, the extended family in Berlin moved out of Rankestraße 33, into the villa commissioned by Adolf Sultan from the architect Richard Riemerschmid in 1905 at Delbrückstraße 6 on Lake Hubertus in Berlin-Grunewald (the villa was demolished in 1965). The family residence in Berlin Grunewald was sold in 1922 and Adolf and his 2nd wife Coba Sultan moved to Kümmernitz/Havelberg, about 100 kilometres from Berlin. In 1927 they returned to Berlin to a smaller property, at Ernst-Ring-Straße 2-4 on Nikolassee. The name Adolf Sultan was erased from the land register in 1939. Numerous members of the family were murdered in the Holocaust or took their own lives; few managed to escape. Sources: https://blogs.fu-berlin.de/lootedculturalassetsblog/2023/03/27/adolf-sultan-1861-1941; Moritz von Bredow: Rebellische Pianistin. Das Leben der Grete Sultan zwischen Berlin und New York, Schott, Mainz 2012
Contact
Guttsman, Barani
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