Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art

1975, Indiana University Art Museum purchase from Bank Leu AG, Zurich, Switzerland [1]

? –ca. 1975, private collection in Zurich [2]

Notes

[1] Bank Leu AG (Ltd) was a Swiss private bank from 1755-2007. In 1949, Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001) was hired to manage the numismatic department within the bank, and, under his guidance, this branch of the bank became a successful auction house. Mildenberg continued as a managing director at Bank Leu until his retirement in 1983; he was also well-known as a scholar and philanthropist.

[2] Noted in correspondence from Bank Leu.

Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.

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