177. Philatelic Exhibition 1940 (1)
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177. Philatelic Exhibition 1940 (1)
bronze, 5.5 x 8 cm
PROVENANCE
until the late 1940s: historical collection of Ervin Weiss (1884-1966) and Branka Weiss (1902-1975); 1947: The Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of Croatia declares the Weiss collection a private collection of public significance; after 1949: the collection is inventoried by the communist regime, followed by confiscation; 1955: transferred to the care of the Modern Gallery, where it is kept for the next 70 years; after 2021: the collection becomes the property of the heirs of the Weiss family, after almost 30 years of restitution proceedings.
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