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Heirs of Matisse Painting Demand its Return

September 21, 2016

The heirs to an Henri Matisse painting lost during World War II have demanded in court that it be returned from the National Gallery of Art, London, along with $30 million in damages. The painting in question is a 1908 work entitled “Portrait of Greta Moll.”

 

The director of the National Gallery, Dr. Gabriele Finaldi, emphasized in his letter to Moll’s relatives that their claims did not fall within the Spoliation Advisory Panel’s terms of reference because evidence showed that the earliest date the Moll family could have lost the painting was in August 1947, after the protected “Nazi Era” of 1933 through 1945. The gallery still contends that it is not under “any obligation” to return the painting, and says it will defend the suit in court.

 

Source: Courthouse News Service Entertainment Law

 

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Henri Matisse “Portrait of Greta Moll”

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