On October 6, 2008 I wrote that an asset search / investigation focusing on Nazi-looted art could culminate in a Holocaust-related art restitution case. Holocaust-era art restitution cases are also going to be discussed at the “Holocaust Era Assets Conference“, which starts tomorrow. This conference is being held in the Czech Republic and
Holocaust-Era Assets
Laundering Holocaust-Era Loot?
By Fred Abrams on
In Grosz v. The Museum of Modern Art, the plaintiffs allege that The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA") acquired three Holocaust-era paintings which had been stolen from expressionist and Dadist painter George Grosz. These particular paintings have been possessed by MoMA since the 1940’s or 1950’s and are: "Republican Automatons", "Self-Portrait…
Holocaust-Era Art Restitution Revisited
By Fred Abrams on
"Germany Rejects Call for End to Restitution of Nazi-Looted Art" raises the issue of Holocaust-era art restitution. The upcoming "Holocaust Era Assets Conference" in Prague on June 26-30 2009, will of course also deal with the very same thing.
New York’s Museum of Modern Art meanwhile, filed a complaint along with…
Mr. Curt Valentin’s Nazi-Looted Art
By Fred Abrams on
As I mention at “Searching For Nazi-Looted Art“, the most challenging asset searches / investigations can be those in a Holocaust-related art restitution case. The October 30, 2008, Minneapolis Star Tribune article “MIA sends Nazi ‘loot’ home to Paris“, suggests the very same thing. It explains that the Minneapolis Institute of…
Searching For Nazi-Looted Art
By Fred Abrams on
Perhaps most challenging, are asset searches and / or investigations seeking to uncover Nazi-looted art. Such searches can ultimately end up in the filing of a Holocaust-related art restitution case. As suggested at the article "Thousands of Nazi-Looted Works Are Held by Museums, Survey Says", lawyers, auction houses, genealogists and art detectives…