Dość ważny obraz Leopolda Gottlieba z początków XX wieku przedstawiający malarza Leona Hirszenberga. Ciekawe jest w jaki sposób obraz ten trafił z bardzo znanej Ben Uri Collection na rynek (https://www.benuricollection.org.uk/). W tej kolekcji znajduje się obecnie tylko jeden obraz namalowany przez Leopolda Gottlieba. Zdumiewające dla mnie jest wyzbycie się tego obrazu lub może był jedynie w depozycie od 1930 roku(?). Może proweniencja tej pracy nie została dokładnie opisana. Należałoby zapytać p. Mielniczuka, eksperta tej aukcji.

Lot 30. Leopold GOTTLIEB (Ukraine 1883 – France 1934). Portrait of Leon Hirszenberg. Circa 1904-1907. Oil on canvas, 74,5 x 62 cm. Signed upper right “L. Gottlieb
Provenance:
Leopold Pilichowski Collection
Ben Uri Collection, 1930
Exhibition:
1930, Mansell Street Gallery Opening: Catalogue and Survey of Activities, Jewish Art and Literary Society Ben-Uri
1934, Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by Jewish Artists, Ben Uri Jewish Art Gallery
1935, Israel Zangwill Memorial Exhibition, Ben Uri Jewish Art Gallery
1944, Opening Exhibition, Ben Uri Art Gallery
1945, Exhibition of Paintings by A. A. Wolmark (Konstam Collection), Dobrinsky Paris, and a selection of work from the Ben Uri Collection, Ben Uri Art Gallery
1946, Ben Uri Collection of Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings, Ben Uri Art Gallery
2009, Homeless & Hidden 1: World Class Collection Homeless & Hidden, Ben Uri Gallery
2016/17, Bracia Hirszenbergowie. W poszukiwaniu ziemi obiecanej/Hirszenberg Brothers. In search of the Promised Land, Museum of the City of Lodz, Lodz; Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw

Bibliography:
Walter Schwabe and Julia Weiner, eds, Jewish Artists: The Ben Uri Collection – Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), reproduced p. 48
Bracia Hirszenbergowie. W poszukiwaniu ziemi obiecanej/Hirszenberg Brothers. In search of the Promised Land (Lodz, Warsaw: Muzeum miasta Lodzi and Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, 2017), p. 93
The Ben Uri Gallery and Museum in London holds one of the most important collections of works by immigrant artists of the late 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries in the United Kingdom and the international museum sector.
Emerging from and representing the Jewish community, the Ben Uri Gallery and Museum’s collection primarily reflects the work, lives and contributions of British and European artists of Jewish origin, interpreted within the broader context of 20th and 21st century art history, politics and society.
The funds raised will be reinvested to finance new acquisitions and to strengthen the museum’s research unit.

Various subjects are represented in the work of Leopold Gottlieb (1879 Drohobycz – 1934 Paris). There are figurative scenes, religious scenes and landscapes. But it is in the portrait that the artist excels. After studying art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and in Munich, Gottlieb went to Paris for the first time in 1904. He returned in 1908 and remained there for many years. It was during this period that he painted powerful effigies of prominent figures in the artistic and intellectual life of the French capital: the writer André Gide, the poet André Salmon and the sculptor Rembrandt Bugatti. The painter was also involved in the life of the Polish artist colony in Paris. Befriended by many of them, he often painted their portraits, such as the sculptor Xawery Dunikowski or the painter Mieczysław Jakimowicz. The striking portrait of another of his compatriots, the painter Leon Hirszenberg, which we present here was painted around 1904. We do not know exactly how Leon and Leopold met, but their Jewish background certainly brought them together. They were part of a larger circle that included the sculptor Elie Nadelman and the painter Mela Muter. Their works also met in the columns of the Polish art magazine “Sztuka” [Art] published in Paris by Antoni Potocki. In issues 8-9 of this magazine, a reproduction of Hirszenberg’s painting (From Brittany) is displayed alongside portraits painted by Gottlieb.

Léon (Lajbuś) Hirszenberg (Herszenberg) born in 1869 in Łódź and died in 1945 in Paris, came, like Gottlieb, from a family of artists. He was the younger brother of Samuel, also a painter, dedicated to themes related to the Jewish diaspora, and elder to Henryk (Izrael Hersz), an architect. Leon’s life is still a secret. He studied painting either with his brother Samuel or in Munich around 1890. He was present in Paris from 1902. His work testifies to his attachment to Brittany, where he made several trips, notably to Concarneau and probably lived in Perros Guirec. He exhibited at art shows in the capital as well as in Poland. Having become blind at the end of the 1920s, he was no longer active as an artist.
Léon made his debut in Paris at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1904 and was noticed by French and Polish critics. His portrait by a renowned Polish painter, Olga Boznańska, was presented at the same salon and met with a lively

Estimate 50,000 -60,000 euro. Millon. 11/29/22. Sold 44,000 euro

Lot 42. LEOPOLD GOTTLIEB (POLISH 1883-1934). Figures Around the Table, circa 1927, gouache on paper, 41 x 41 cm (16 1/8 x 16 1/8 in.), framed dimensions: 67 x 67 cm (26 3/8 x 26 3/8 in.), signed lower left and upper left. PROVENANCE: Erich Cohn Collection. Thence by descent in the family to the present owner. Estimate $4,000 – 6,000. Shapiro. 10/15/22. Sold $10,000

Dwie dobre akwarele Leopolda Gottlieba

Lot 43. LEOPOLD GOTTLIEB (POLISH 1883-1934). Two Nudes by the Table, early 20th century, mixed media on paper, 38 x 43 cm (15 x 16 7/8 in.), framed dimensions: 54 x 69 cm (21 1/4 x 27 1/8 in.), signed lower right. PROVENANCE: Erich Cohn Collection. Thence by descent in the family to the present owner. Estimate $4,000 – 6,000. Shapiro. 10/15/22. Sold $6,500.

Spora niespodzianka dla mnie: rzeźba w wykonaniu Leopolda Gottlieba. Na letnim rynku sztuki pełnego maniure tarfiła się praca nadzwyczajna, nie jest tania lecz jej wartość artystyczna i rzadkość może uzasadnić tę wycenę.

LOT 100. Leopold Gottlib, 1883-1934. Motherhood, 1918. Wooden sculpture, height: 73 cm. Signed: Signed and dated.  Remarks: In 1904, at the age of 21 he settled in Paris and became a member of theCircle of Montparnasse artists. Following his return to Paris In the years 1917-1919, he took part in exhibition of Polish Expressionists (Formists) and became friends with another Polish artist, Moses Kisling, Eugene Zak and Mela Muter. His works were displayed in the Salon of Autumn, Independents, Société Nationale des Beaux Artes, and the Tuileries. He participated in exhibitions in the Vienna Secession. He also participated in the exhibition of Polish art, organized in 1912, at Galleries’ Dalmau in Barcelona. Gottlieb is kwon for his paintings and drawings, very little is known on his sculpture abilities. Estimate: $30,000 – 40,000. Montefiore. 08/16/22

Dwie niesygnowane i nieoprawione akwarele autorstwa (prawdopodobnie) Leopolda Gottlieba. Wycena obu prac niezrozumiale konserwatyna.

PS. Przeglądałem prace tego artysty na aukcjach w Polsce umieszczone w portalu artinfo.pl. Zaciekawiło mnie przy jednej pracy (Modelka, olej), jej datowanie przez dom aulcyjny na 1935 rok. To dopiero szczerość (dyskretnego) eksperta!

Lot n°251. Léopold GOTTLIEB (1883-1934). Femme drapée assise. Dessin réhaussé de gouache, annoté au revers. Haut. : 51 cm – Larg. : 35 cm On joint : Léopold GOTTLIEB (1883-1934). Le verseur d’eau. Procédé dans les tons vert, bleu et mauve, porte une annotation au dos. Haut. : 29,5 cm – Larg. : 37,5 cm. Estimation : 40 – 60 €. SARL OEP – OUEST ENCHERES PUBLIQUES. 07/01/21

Portret Adolfa Baslera dość ważnej postaci w życiu polskiej kolonii artstycznej w Paryżu.

Lot 5. Leopold GOTTLIEB (1879-1933). Portrait of Adolphe Basler. Oil on canvas. Signed upper left. Located lower right. Has an inscription on the back “Portrait of Mr Adolphe Basler”. 111 x 111 cm. Petits manques. Oil on canvas, signed lower right. 43.7 x 43.7 in. Provenance: French private collection.
Adolphe Basler (1878-1849): Author, collector, art historian, critic and gallery owner, Basler belonged to the artistic milieu of Montparnasse at the beginning of the 20th century. Coming from a family of rabbis from Krakow, he arrived in Paris in 1898 and frequented the Parisian intellectual and literary milieu (Paul Fort and André Salmon) and painters (Modigliani and Pascin). He was introduced there by the Polish poet Mécislas Golberg. He soon opened a gallery where he exhibited Kisling among the first. In the 20’s he directed in the Sèvres Gallery where Utrillo, Dufy and Coubine were exhibited. His writings on art are numerous (monographs on contemporary artists, African arts). He participates in aesthetic debates in magazines (Revue Blanche, Mercure de France and Die Aktion, Der Cicerone) and is recognized as an eminent art critic. His friendships with artists, his intellectual influence and his impressive physique have made him a model for many painters: Kisling (who made him a cubist portrait in 1914), Modigliani, Czobel and Grünewald.

The art of Léopold Gottlieb. Arrived in France in 1899, he was one of the Poles from Montparnasse alongside the painters Hayden, Zak, Mela Muter and the sculptors Ostrowski and Nadelman. His art is marked by his experiences linked to the Avant-Garde (Group of Five from Krakow, the Viennese Secession in which he participated, Fauvism and Cubism at the Salon d’Automne in Paris where he exhibited between 1904 and 1934).
Our portrait of Basler, certainly painted around 1920, reflects these mixed influences. The seated figure possesses a constructive solidity to be matched with the assured psychology of the intellectual. The strong and discontinuous drawing comes from the German expressionists, while the bright green, yellow and brick-red colours are the result of a fauvism that is here somewhat muted.

Estimate 25,000 – 35,000 euro. Druot Estimation. 03/05/21

Czy ktos przypadkiem, nie ‘majstrował’ przy tej pracy? Proszę przyjrzeć sie dokładniej zarysowi nosa, brwi u kobiety układającej warkocz. Bardzo cenię sobie malarstwo tego malarza lecz w przypadku tej pracy barkuje mi lekkości ręki przy malowaniu i jest jakaś ogólnie toporna. Proweniencja z Lipert Gallery niczego doprawdę nie wnosi pozytywnego a w tym przypadku działa wręcz odwrotnie.

PS. Przekłamanie z okresleniem Leopolda Gottlieba Polish/American przez doma aukcyjny Doyle. Jaki dom aukcyjny takie czasami prace tam wystawiane.

Lot 127. Leopold Gottlieb Polish/American, 1883-1934. Maternity, 1932. Signed Leop Gottlieb (lr), dated 1932, and inscribed indistinctly (ll); bears inscription Maternite / par / Leopold Gottlieb / Henri H… on the reverse. Gouache on card, 24 3/4 x 18 inches (62.86 x 45.72 cm). Provenance: Lipert Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. The Collection of Dorothea Benton Frank. Estimate: $3,000 – $5,000. Doyle. 09/16/20. Sold $2,000

Lot 684. LEOPOLD GOTTLIEB (POLISH 1883-1934). Women at the Market, 1927, oil on canvas, 89.7 x 116.2 cm (35 3/8 x 45 3/4 in.), signed and dated lower left. PROVENANCE Erich Cohn Collection. Thence by descent in the family to the present owner. LOT NOTES The present lot comes from the estate of Erich Cohn, a prolific patron and collector of German expressionism. Born in 1890 in Filehne (present-day Poland), Mr. Cohn emigrated to the United States before the outbreak of the Second World War, where in 1937 he became president of the noodle and matzoh manufactory A. Goodman & Sons.
Art from the Erich Cohn Collection, especially by Kleinschmidt, Grosz, and Kollwitz, is held at the MoMA, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Harvard Art Museums and the Carnegie Museum of Art. The collection also included several artworks by Polish-Jewish modernist Leopold Gottlieb, whose works are represented in lots 684-686. Women at the Market, dating to 1927, is illustrative of Gottlieb’s mature style, complete with a limited color palette of whites, browns and greens adoped by him in the latter half of the decade. As Women at a Bath (lot 685), this painting demonstrates Gottlieb’s interest in scenes of labor and eating, which, in conjunction with biblical narratives, explore the human condition at its most intimate. Estimate $60,000 – 80,000. Starting $47,500. Shapiro. 03/22/20. Sold $100,000

Trzy znakomite oleje Leopolda Gottlieba o wartości muzealnej. Aż przyemnie jest zarejestrować te prace. Przewiduję ostrą walkę …polskich domów aukcyjnych.

Lot 685. LEOPOLD GOTTLIEB (POLISH 1883-1934). Nudes at a Bath, oil on canvas, 117 x 90 cm (46 x 35 1/2 in.), signed lower left. PROVENANCE Erich Cohn Collection. Thence by descent in the family to the present owner. LOT NOTES The present lot comes from the estate of Erich Cohn, a prolific patron and collector of German expressionism. Born in 1890 in Filehne (present-day Poland), Mr. Cohn emigrated to the United States before the outbreak of the Second World War, where in 1937 he became president of the noodle and matzoh manufactory A. Goodman & Sons. Art from the Erich Cohn Collection, especially by Kleinschmidt, Grosz, and Kollwitz, is held at the MoMA, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Harvard Art Museums and the Carnegie Museum of Art. The collection also included several artworks by Polish-Jewish modernist Leopold Gottlieb, whose works are represented in lots 684-686. Compositionally, Nudes at a Bath is reminiscent of the 1933 painting Biale kobiety (White Women) in The National Museum in Warsaw, with the same kind of pyramidal structure formed by the three women’s bodies. Another example of this subject is found in a 1930 gouache and oil work found in the collection of the Jewish Museum (Group of Seated Figures). Here, the table is shown at an angle and is populated with three more figures than the 1933 example, imbuing the work with greater dynamism. These scenes of labor and eating are a staple of Gottlieb’s ouevre beginning in the 1920s, and can be viewed as a continuation of his interest in biblical motifs. Beginning with the late 1920s onward, he also condensed his color palette to whites, browns, greens and blues, as seen in the works represented in this auction. Estimate $30,000 – 50,000. Starting $25,000. Shapiro. 03/22/20. Sold $80,000

Lot 686. LEOPOLD GOTTLIEB (POLISH 1883-1934). Lovers, oil on canvas, 89.7 x 74.5 cm (35 1/4 x 29 3/8 in.), signed lower left. PROVENANCE Erich Cohn Collection. Thence by descent in the family to the present owner. Estimate $20,000 – 30,000. Staring $16,000. Shapiro. 03/22/20. Sold 47,500