Figure of a Male Dancer

Possibly Dr. Emil L. Baer, Frankfurt am Main [1];

Robert von Hirsch (1883-1977), Frankfurt, Germany and Basel, Switzerland [2];

Emma Alexander Sheafer (1891-1973), New York, by November 10, 1961;

Purchased from Sheafer by Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York, stock no. 4289, November 10, 1961-November 2, 1962 [3];

Purchased from Rosenberg and Stiebel by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1962.

NOTES:

[1] According to Rosenberg and Stiebel’s invoice, Nelson-Atkins curatorial files, the figure was once in the collection of “Consul General Baer, Frankfurt a/Main.” This is most likely Dr. Emil L. Baer, German Consul General to the United States in the 1930s.

[2] Rosenberg & Stiebel invoice, November 2, 1962, Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.

[3] This figure was one of three objects Sheafer sold to Rosenberg & Stiebel in part payment for a Louis XV table. Frick Art Reference Library, New York, MS.065 Rosenberg & Stiebel Archive, Subject Files, Sheafer, Emma [Mrs. Lesley G.]. Copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial file.