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RESOLVED STOLEN ART CLAIMS CLAIMS FOR ART STOLEN DURING THE NAZI ERA AND WORLD WAR II, INCLUDING NAZI-LOOTED ART AND TROPHY ART* DATE OF RETURN/ CLAIM CLAIM COUNTRY† RESOLUTION MADE BY RECEIVED BY ARTWORK(S) MODE ‡ Australia 2000 Heirs of Johnny van Painting No Litigation Federico Gentili Haeften, British by Cornelius Bega - Monetary di Giuseppe gallery owner settlement1 who sold the painting to Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Australia 05/29/2014 Heirs of The National Painting No Litigation - Richard Gallery of “Head of a Man” Return - Semmel Victoria previously attributed Painting to Vincent van Gogh remains in museum on 12- month loan2 * This chart was compiled by the law firm of Herrick, Feinstein LLP from information derived from published news articles and services available mainly in the United States or on the Internet, as well as law journal articles, press releases, and other sources, consulted as of August 6, 2015. As a result, Herrick, Feinstein LLP makes no representations as to the accuracy of any of the information contained in the chart, and the chart necessarily omits resolved claims about which information is not readily available from these sources. Information about any additional claims or corrections to the material presented here would be greatly appreciated and may be sent to the Art Law Group, Herrick, Feinstein LLP, 2 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA, by fax to +1 (212) 592- 1500, or via email to: [email protected]. Please be sure to include a copy of or reference to the source material from which the information is derived. Also, if you would like to receive periodic updates regarding the resolution of stolen art claims and related information, please submit your name and email address to Herrick, Feinstein LLP and you will be added to the firm’s Art Law Group mailing list. † The “country” designation relates to the location of the artwork(s) at the time the claim was made. For claims resolved by judicial proceedings, the date given is the date of the decision by the court of first instance; any subsequent proceedings are noted as well. ‡ In the “mode” column, the organization/entity that facilitated the resolution, if known, is noted in parentheses. © 2015 HERRICK, FEINSTEIN LLP All Rights Reserved DATE OF RETURN/ CLAIM CLAIM COUNTRY† RESOLUTION MADE BY RECEIVED BY ARTWORK(S) MODE ‡ Austria 02/12/1999 Baroness Austrian National 250 objects, No Litigation Bettina Collection including - Return3 Looram- 31 paintings, Rothschild, 3 of which are by heir of Baron Franz Hals, Alphonse and including Baroness “Portrait of Clarice Tieleman Rothschild, and Roosterman” Baron Louis Rothschild Austria 06/28/1999 Maria Altmann Austrian Culture 16 drawings by No Litigation Ministry (Gehrer Gustav Klimt and - Return4 Committee) 19 porcelain settings Austria 07/1999 Michael Lentos Painting No Litigation Loewenthal, Kunstmuseum, “The Seamstress” (Holocaust heir of Louis Linz by Lesser Ury Claims Loewenthal Processing Office of New York State Banking Department) - Return5 Austria 2001 Heirs of Jenny Austrian National Painting No Litigation Steiner Collection, “Country House on (Austrian State Österreichische the Attersee” Restitution Galerie by Gustav Klimt Panel) Belvedere - Return6 Austria 01/2001 Francis Albertina 8 drawings No Litigation Guttmann and Museum “Studies for a - Return7 his sister, Portrait of Adele heirs of Bloch-Bauer” Ferdinand (1907) Bloch-Bauer by Gustav Klimt Austria 05/2001 Heirs of Austrian National 2 paintings No Litigation Hermine Lasus Collection, “Woman with Hat - Return8 Österreichische and Feather Boa” Galerie (1909) and Belvedere “Farmhouse with Birch Trees” (1900) by Gustav Klimt - 2 - DATE OF RETURN/ CLAIM CLAIM COUNTRY† RESOLUTION MADE BY RECEIVED BY ARTWORK(S) MODE ‡ Austria 03/2003 Heirs of Daisy Neue Galerie, Painting No Litigation Hellmann Linz “Small Town on the (Jewish River (Krumau Community of Landscape)” Vienna) (1916) - Return9 by Egon Schiele Austria 11/21/2003 Heirs of Austrian National Painting No Litigation Bernhard Collection, “Portrait of a (Austrian Art Altmann Österreichische Woman” Restitution Galerie (1898) Board) Belvedere by Gustav Klimt - Return10 Austria 2006 Lilian Fox and Schloß Bruck Painting No Litigation Lisl Wertheim, Museum, Lienz “Totentanz 1809” by - Return11 heirs of Fox Albin Egger-Lienz Austria 01/2006 Maria Altmann Austrian National 5 paintings Litigation and heirs of Collection, “Adele Bloch-Bauer - Return12 Ferdinand Österreichische I”; “Adele Bloch- Bloch-Bauer Galerie Bauer II”; Belvedere “Apfelbaum”; “Buchenwald/Birke nwald”; “Häuser in Unterach am Attersee”, all by Gustav Klimt Austria 02/2006 Maria Altmann Austrian National Painting Litigation and heirs of Collection, “Hafen von Triest” - Return13 Ferdinand Österreichische (1907) by Egon Bloch-Bauer Galerie Schiele Belvedere Austria 04/26/2007 Thomas Weinstadtsmuseu 2 paintings No Litigation Selldorff, heir m Krems “St. Florian” and (Arbitration) of Richard “St. Joseph - Return14 Neumann Calasanz” by Johann Martin Schmidt (Kremser Schmidt) Austria 05/9/2007 Marina Mahler, Austrian National Painting No Litigation heir of Alma Collection, “Summer Night on (Austrian State Mahler Österreichische Aasgaardstrand” by Restitution Galerie Edvard Munch Panel) Belvedere - Return15 Austria 06/2007 Maria Altmann Austria 2 sculptures No Litigation and heirs of “Knienden Knaben” (Austrian State Ferdinand by Georges Minne Restitution Bloch-Bauer Panel) - Return16 - 3 - DATE OF RETURN/ CLAIM CLAIM COUNTRY† RESOLUTION MADE BY RECEIVED BY ARTWORK(S) MODE ‡ Austria 10/2008 Marei von Austria Painting No Litigation Saher, “Bildnis eines Herrn - Return heir of Jacques van Schooten” by Goudstikker Philips Koninck Austria 05/12/2009 Heirs of Ignaz City of Vienna Painting No Litigation and Clothilde “Der Liebesbrief” - Return17 Schachter by Johann Nepomuk Austria 07/2010 Heirs of Lea Leopold Painting Litigation Bondi-Jaray Museum, Vienna “Portrait of Wally” - Monetary by Egon Schiele settlement18 Austria 04/2011 Georges Jorisch Museum of Painting No Litigation - Modern Art, “Litzlberg am Return19 Salzburg Attersee” by Gustav Klimt Austria 05/2011 Heirs of Jenny The Leopold Painting Litigation - Steiner Museum, Vienna “Houses by the Sea” Monetary by Egon Schiele settlement20 Austria 06/2011 Heirs of Moriz The Leopold 2 paintings Litigation - Eisler Museum, Vienna “Greillenstein Monetary Castle” and settlement21 “Countess Kuefstein at the Easel” by Anton Romako Austria 06/2012 Heirs of Joseph The Belvedere, 2 paintings No Litigation - Blauhorn Vienna "The Magi" by Return22 Leopold Kupelwieser and "The Valley of Chamonix" by Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld Austria 07/2012 Heiress of City of Linz 6 paintings by No Litigation Oskar Reichel Anton Romako - Return23 Austria 06/14/12 Claimants of Leopold Museum Painting, “Houses No Litigation - Jenny Steiner by the Sea” by Egon Monetary Schiele settlement - Painting remains in museum24 Austria 01/26/2014 Haus der Natur, No Litigation - Salzburg Return25 - 4 - DATE OF RETURN/ CLAIM CLAIM COUNTRY† RESOLUTION MADE BY RECEIVED BY ARTWORK(S) MODE ‡ Austria 03/06/2014 Israelitische The 6 books No Litigation - Kultusgemeinde Parliamentary Return26 Wien (IKG) Library of Vienna Austria 04/11/2014 Heirs of Marcel The Vienna Painting No Litigation - Koch Philharmonic “Port-en-Bessin” by Return27 Paul Signac Austria 09/10/2014 Andrea The Gustav Painting No Litigation - Felsövanyi, heir Klimt “Portrait of Gertrud Potential sale of of Gertrud Foundation, Loew” by Gustav work to resolve Loew Vienna Klimt dispute28 Austria 09/19/2014 Anne Starkey, The Vienna Painting No Litigation - heir of Jehudo Jewish Museum “The coffee hour. Return29 Epstein Fanny, the sister of the artist” by Jehudo Epstein Austria 10/01/2014 Heirs of Dr. Naturhistorisches 177 botanical No Litigation Ernst Moritz Museum, Vienna drawings (Austrian State Kronfeld Restitution Panel) - Return30 Canada 11/1/1999 Hungary Musée des Painting No Litigation Beaux-Arts de “Marriage Feast at - Return31 Montréal Cana” (16th c.) by Giorgio Vasari Canada 09/24/2003 Heirs of National Gallery Painting No Litigation Jacques Lindon of Canada “Le Salon de - Return32 Madame Aron” (1904, reworked 1934) by Edouard Vuillard Canada 10/19/2006 Beneficiaries of Anonymous Painting No Litigation Max Stern “Aimée, a Young (Holocaust Estate Egyptian” (1869) by Claims Emile Lecomte- Processing Vernet Office of New York State Banking Department) - Return33 - 5 - DATE OF RETURN/ CLAIM CLAIM COUNTRY† RESOLUTION MADE BY RECEIVED BY ARTWORK(S) MODE ‡ Canada 04/23/2013 Heirs of Bruno Montreal Painting No Litigation - Spiro Museum of Fine “The Duet” by Return34 Arts Gerrit van Honthorst Canada 11/03/2014 Heirs of Alma The Art Gallery Painting No Litigation - Bertha of Hamilton “Portrait of a Lady” Return35 Salomonsohn by Johannes Verspronck Czech 1996 Jiri Waldes, Národní galerie v Collection of Litigation Republic heir of Jindrich Praze paintings, including - Court-ordered Waldes (National Gallery several return36 of Prague) by František Kupka Czech 06/25/2002 Heirs of Národní galerie v Painting No Litigation Republic Adolphe Praze “Le Juif au Bonnet (French Schloss (National Gallery de Fourrure” Government) of Prague) attributed to the - Return37 School of Rembrandt Czech 03/2003 Heirs of Arthur Moravska 135 drawings No Litigation Republic Feldmann Gallerie, Brno (16th - 18th c.) (Commission (Moravian by Dutch, Italian for Looted Art Gallery, Brno) and German artists in Europe) - Return38 Czech 11/12/2007 Heirs of Oskar Plastic