The Voyage of the Katzenstein Madonna
- Date
- 2013
- Material
- Archival pigment print on canvas
- associated with
- Frankfurt am Main, Hessen state, Germany, Europe
- associated with
- Wiesbaden, Hessen state, Germany, Europe
- associated with
- Salem, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- associated with
- Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- associated with
- United States, North and Central America
- made in
- Berlin, Berlin state, Germany, Europe
- Classification
- Prints
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- each panel: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)
installed: 28 x 45 in. (71.1 x 114.3 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of Renata Stih & Frieder Schnock in memory of F. C. Katzenstein and his parents
- Rights
- © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Object Number
- 6:2014a,b
NOTES
Artists Renata Stih and Frieder Schnock created this work in response to the captivating story of the 15th-century German Virgin and Child sculpture installed at right. Once owned by a German Jewish couple who were killed in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, the sculpture was seized by the Nazis. In 1949 it was restituted to their son, Dr. F. C. Katzenstein, who lent the work to the Museum that same year, delivering the painted wood sculpture in a hearse. The left panel of the collage features a reproduction of a letter from Katzenstein to a collection center for Nazi-confiscated art. The right panel features an X-ray depiction of the Madonna and Child surrounded by text quoted from a 1949 "St. Louis Star-Times" article.
Provenance
2013 - 2014
Renata Stih & Frieder Schnock, Berlin, Germany
2014 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by the artists [1]
Notes:
[1] Deed of gift signed May 5, 4014 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, May 5, 2014.
Renata Stih & Frieder Schnock, Berlin, Germany
2014 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by the artists [1]
Notes:
[1] Deed of gift signed May 5, 4014 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, May 5, 2014.
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