{"id":11541,"date":"2025-05-09T18:11:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/forschen\/provenienzforschung\/fall-2-erwerbungen-im-kunstantiquariat-ben-weinreb-ltd-in-london\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T16:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:03:31","slug":"acquisitions-from-the-antiquarian-art-dealer-ben-weinreb-ltd-in-london","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/research\/provenance\/acquisitions-from-the-antiquarian-art-dealer-ben-weinreb-ltd-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Acquisitions from the antiquarian art dealer Ben Weinreb Ltd in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern header-text toggle-optional-copy' data-pattern='ho\/header-mittlere-headline-option-text'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='color-bg-highlight color-fg-highlight header-space header-height-read-only padding-bottom-6'>\n\n<div  class='margin-top-5 margin-bottom-5'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div class=\"margin-bottom-3\">\n\t<swup-back>Back<\/swup-back>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-10 margin-top-3'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\n<h1 class='ho-sd-h2' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Acquisitions From the Antiquarian Art Dealer Ben Weinreb Ltd in London<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row ho-pattern-optional-text'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-md-offset-6 margin-top-7 col-xs-offset-2 col-xs-10'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'>Nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern toggle-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/layout-text-und-kleines-bild-links-option-headline'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-4 col-xs-8'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_3gzU3J\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 3421,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"686_Friedl-Dicker_Collage-zum-39-Geburtstag-Franz-Singer_1935_BHA-229x300.jpg\",\"width\":229,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":10644},\"large\":{\"file\":\"686_Friedl-Dicker_Collage-zum-39-Geburtstag-Franz-Singer_1935_BHA-782x1024.jpg\",\"width\":782,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":71502},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"686_Friedl-Dicker_Collage-zum-39-Geburtstag-Franz-Singer_1935_BHA-768x1006.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":1006,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":69294},\"small\":{\"file\":\"686_Friedl-Dicker_Collage-zum-39-Geburtstag-Franz-Singer_1935_BHA-336x440.jpg\",\"width\":336,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":18370},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"686_Friedl-Dicker_Collage-zum-39-Geburtstag-Franz-Singer_1935_BHA-443x580.jpg\",\"width\":443,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":28608},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"686_Friedl-Dicker_Collage-zum-39-Geburtstag-Franz-Singer_1935_BHA-550x720.jpg\",\"width\":550,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":40598},\"original\":{\"file\":\"686_Friedl-Dicker_Collage-zum-39-Geburtstag-Franz-Singer_1935_BHA.jpg\",\"width\":916,\"height\":1200}},\n\"alt\" : \"Birthday card with drawings, balloons, and a baker, dedicated to Franzel, February 2, 1935.\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : null,\n\"background\" : false,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}<\/script>\n<div class=\"height-container \" style=\"padding-bottom:131.00436681223%; 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