Clock
Time and Man, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA, March 29-May 11, 1952, no. 36.
The Century of Mozart, The Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO, January 15-March 4, 1956, no. 220.
With Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York, stock no. A278, by July 11-August 1944 [1];
With Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co. on joint account with Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles, CA, stock no. 11701, August 1944-May 1949 [2];
With Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles, CA, stock no. 12508, May 1949-February 13, 1962 [3];
Purchased from Loewi by John Yeon (1910-1994), Portland, OR, February 13, 1962 [4];
Sale, 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, Including Oriental Carpets, Christie’s New York, November 23, 2010, lot 254;
Private collection, by 2026;
Purchased at the private collector’s sale, An Italian Collecting Journey – Chapter II, online sale, March 26, 2026, lot 316, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2026.
NOTES:
[1] This clock is referenced in a letter from Adolph Loewi to Paul Byk, Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., July 11, 1944, in which Loewi accepts Byk’s offer to take a half share in its ownership. Frick Collection Archives, MS.129 Loewi-Robertson Archive, Correspondence-Seligmann, Rey & Co., July-December 1944, and stock book 1939-1945. Copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
[2] Ibid. Additional stock numbers for this object in the Loewi-Robertson Archive are 12508, R71, L344, and A896.
[3] Letter from Henry Falkenstein, Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., to Adolph Loewi, May 17, 1949, regarding the division of objects their firms owned jointly. Frick Collection Archives, MS.129 Loewi-Robertson Archive, Correspondence-Seligmann, Rey & Co., 1949. Copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
[4] John Yeon (1910-1994) was a Portland-based architect whose designs are best known for their connections to the natural landscape. In his midlife career, he focused on designing museum galleries, including the Parker-Grant Gallery at the Nelson-Atkins—the museum’s first gallery dedicated to contemporary art—which opened in 1971. Yeon was also a prominent collector of Asian art and 18th-century European decorative arts. Frick Collection Archives, MS.129 Loewi-Robertson Archive, Stock book 1939-1968, 20. Copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
Time and Man: An Idea Illustrated by an Exhibition, exh. cat. (San Francisco: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1952), n.p., cat. no. 36.
“The Century of Mozart,” The Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum Bulletin 1, no. 1 (1956): 41, cat. 220.
500 Years. Decorative Arts Europe, Christie’s New York, 23 November 2010 (New York: Christie’s, 2010): lot 254, p. 116 (ill.)
Sotheby’s Milan. An Italian Collecting Journey: 16th–20th Century Paintings and Decorative Arts. The Online Sale, 17–26 September 2025, lot 250 (https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2025/an-italian-collecting-journey-16th-20th-century-paintings-and-decorative-arts-the-online-sale-miol55/an-italian-green-painted-and-parcel-gilt-clock; accessed 4/24/2026) (ill.)
Sotheby’s Milan. An Italian Collecting Journey—Chapter II: The Online Sale, 16–26 March 2026, lot 316 (https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2026/an-italian-collecting-journey-chapter-ii-the-online-sale/an-italian-green-painted-and-parcel-gilt-clock; accessed 4/3/2026) (ill.)
