Tambour Desk and Bookcase

1. William Richmond, William’s Antique Shop, Old Greenwich, CT [this and the following according to email from Erik Gronning, Sotheby’s, Jan. 10, 2024; copy in curatorial object file]. Col. Edgar William Garbisch (1899–1979) and Bernice Garbisch (born Chrysler, 1906–1979), Pokety Farm, Cambridge, MD, probably c. 1940s–50s [Booth Conroy 1980; ​​Gronning suggested this date range, which aligns with the Garbisches’ collecting practices]; by descent to their estate; sold, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, May 23–25, 1980, lot 1157, to Bernard & S. Dean Levy Antiques, New York; sold to Thomas (died 2001) and Yvette Cole (1926–2023), Harrison, NY, 1980 [this and the following according to email from Erik Gronning, Sotheby’s, Jan. 11, 2024; copy in curatorial object file]; by descent to their child, Westchester County, NY, Jan. 2023; sold, Sotheby’s, New York, Jan. 20, 2024, lot 55, to the Art Institute of Chicago.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Portrait of Thomas Bulwer

Art Institute of Chicago

A child from the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia plays with a homemade doll. Her family, temporarily housed in the ruins of a military barracks, were among thousands of displaced persons in the region, Vienna, Austria

Art Institute of Chicago

Chest of Drawers with Dressing Glass

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Bust of a Youth (Saint John the Baptist)

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Tereska, a Child in a Residence for Disturbed Children, Grew Up in a Concentration Camp. She Drew a Picture of "Home" on the Blackboard, Poland

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Distant View of Niagara Falls

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Blind boy who lost his arms during the war has learned to read with his lips, Rome

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Little Girl Holding Cup

Art Institute of Chicago

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