Les pianos du Palais de Tokyo et ce qu’il en advint. Le stockage au musée national d’Art moderne des instruments de musique volés aux Juifs durant l’occupation allemande de Paris
The Palais de Tokyo served as storage for confiscated Jewish belongings, notably pianos in the basement of the Musée National d’Art Moderne (MNAM), during the Occupation. Dossiers from the Archives des Musées Nationaux, now in the Archives nationales, document the situation as well as underlying adm...
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2024
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| Summary: | The Palais de Tokyo served as storage for confiscated Jewish belongings, notably pianos in the basement of the Musée National d’Art Moderne (MNAM), during the Occupation. Dossiers from the Archives des Musées Nationaux, now in the Archives nationales, document the situation as well as underlying administrative concerns raised by the sequestration from 1942 onwards, and thus bear witness to this use of the museum by the Nazi occupiers as a “furniture store”. Subsequently the basement was filled with pianos in such a way that curators and museum personnel complained about the malfunctioning of the building and safety concerns. However, the confiscated pianos remained there until after the war. Following attempts at their restitution and sale by auction in 1947, the last pianos did not leave until early 1948. Even then, they were seen as an obstacle to the museum’s functioning. This article investigates this process, reconstructing it from the administrative files, and further shows how, following the Liberation, these looted instruments became the subject of publications by some of the principal actors involved in their case, including Louis Hautecoeur, Bernard Dorival, and Jean Cassou. The possible motives of these authors are also considered. The article also introduces new observations on the crucial role that Bernhard von Tieschowitz – one of the central German officers responsible for the requisitioning of the MNAM’s basement during the Occupation – played in post-war bilateral Franco-German cooperation on joint exhibition projects. |
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