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Resolved Stolen Art Claims 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 Austria 2/12/1999 Baroness Austrian National 250 objects, No Litigation Bettina Collection including - Return2 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 6/28/1999 Maria Altmann Austrian Culture 16 drawings by No Litigation Ministry (Gehrer Gustav Klimt and - Return3 Committee) 19 porcelain settings * 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 May 1, 2013. 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. © 2013 HERRICK, FEINSTEIN LLP All Rights Reserved DATE OF RETURN/ CLAIM CLAIM COUNTRY† RESOLUTION MADE BY RECEIVED BY ARTWORK(S) MODE ‡ Austria 7/1999 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) - Return4 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 - Return5 Austria 1/2001 Francis Albertina 8 drawings No Litigation Guttmann and Museum “Studies for a - Return6 his sister, Portrait of Adele heirs of Bloch-Bauer” Ferdinand (1907) Bloch-Bauer by Gustav Klimt Austria 5/2001 Heirs of Austrian National 2 paintings No Litigation Hermine Lasus Collection, “Woman with Hat - Return7 Österreichische and Feather Boa” Galerie (1909) and Belvedere “Farmhouse with Birch Trees” (1900) by Gustav Klimt Austria 3/2003 Heirs of Daisy Neue Galerie, Painting No Litigation Hellmann Linz “Small Town on the (Jewish River (Krumau Community of Landscape)” Vienna) (1916) - Return8 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 - Return9 Austria 2006 Lilian Fox and Schloß Bruck Painting No Litigation Lisl Wertheim, Museum, Lienz “Totentanz 1809” by - Return10 heirs of Fox Albin Egger-Lienz - 2 - DATE OF RETURN/ CLAIM CLAIM COUNTRY† RESOLUTION MADE BY RECEIVED BY ARTWORK(S) MODE ‡ Austria 1/2006 Maria Altmann Austrian National 5 paintings Litigation and heirs of Collection, “Adele Bloch-Bauer - Return11 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 2/2006 Maria Altmann Austrian National Painting Litigation and heirs of Collection, “Hafen von Triest” - Return12 Ferdinand Österreichische (1907) by Egon Bloch-Bauer Galerie Schiele Belvedere Austria 4/26/2007 Thomas Weinstadtsmuseu 2 paintings No litigation Selldorff, heir m Krems “St. Florian” and (Arbitration) of Richard “St. Joseph - Return13 Neumann Calasanz” by Johann Martin Schmidt (Kremser Schmidt) Austria 5/9/2007 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 - Return14 Austria 6/2007 Maria Altmann Austria 2 sculptures No Litigation and heirs of “Knienden Knaben” (Austrian State Ferdinand by Georges Minne Restitution Bloch-Bauer Panel) - Return15 Austria 10/2008 Marei von Austria Painting No Litigation Saher, “Bildnis eines Herrn -Return heir of Jacques van Schooten” by Goudstikker Philips Koninck Austria 5/12/2009 Heirs of Ignaz City of Vienna Painting No Litigation and Clothilde “Der Liebesbrief” -Return16 Schachter by Johann Nepomuk Austria 7/2010 Heirs of Lea Leopold Painting Litigation Bondi-Jaray Museum, Vienna “Portrait of Wally” - Monetary by Egon Schiele settlement17 Austria 04/2011 Georges Jorisch Museum of Painting No Litigation - Modern Art, “Litzlberg am Return18 Salzburg Attersee” by Gustav Klimt - 3 - DATE OF RETURN/ CLAIM CLAIM COUNTRY† RESOLUTION MADE BY RECEIVED BY ARTWORK(S) MODE ‡ Austria 05/2011 Heirs of Jenny The Leopold Painting Litigation - Steiner Museum, Vienna “Houses by the Sea” Monetary by Egon Schiele Settlement19 Austria 06/2011 Heirs of Moriz The Leopold 2 paintings Litigation - Eisler Museum, Vienna “Greillenstein Monetary Castle” and Settlement20 “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 Return21 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 -Return22 Austria 06/14/12 Claimants of Leopold Museum Painting, “Houses No Litigation - Jenny Steiner by the Sea” by Egon Monetary Schiele Settlement -Painting remains at museum23 Canada 11/1/1999 Hungary Musée des Painting No Litigation Beaux-Arts de “Marriage Feast at - Return24 Montréal Cana” (16th c.) by Giorgio Vasari Canada 9/24/2003 Heirs of National Gallery Painting No Litigation Jacques Lindon of Canada “Le Salon de - Return25 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) - Return26 - 4 - 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 Return27 Arts Gerrit van Honthorst Czech 1996 Jiri Waldes, Národní galerie v Collection of Litigation Republic heir of Jindrich Praze paintings, including - Court-ordered Waldes (National Gallery several return28 of Prague) by František Kupka Czech 6/25/2002 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 - Return29 School of Rembrandt Czech 3/2003 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) - Return30 Czech 11/12/2007 Heirs of Oskar Plastic Art 21 paintings Litigation Republic Federer Gallery (Ostrava, -Return31 Northern Moravia) and East Bohemian Gallery (Pardubice, CTK) Czech 12/2008 Heirs of Emil Jewish Museum, 32 paintings No Litigation Republic Freund Prague including Paul -13 of the 32 Signac‟s “Riverboat paintings were on Seine” (1901) declared part of and works by André the country‟s Derain and Maurice national Utrillo. heritage by the Czech Culture Ministry and were subsequently purchased by the state.32 Estonia 5/25/2004 Kunsthalle Estonia Art Altarpiece panel No Litigation Bremen, Museum, Tallinn “John the Baptist” - Return33 Germany (1505) by Albrecht Dürer - 5 - DATE OF RETURN/ CLAIM CLAIM COUNTRY† RESOLUTION MADE BY RECEIVED BY ARTWORK(S) MODE ‡ France 11/6/1996 Antoinette French National Drawing No Litigation Carvailho, Collection “Les Glaneuses” - Return34 heir of Levi de (19th c.) Benzion family by Léon Augustin Lhermitte France 7/7/1997 Heirs of French National Painting No Litigation Alphonse Kann Collection, “Landscape” - Return35 Centre Pompidou (1911) by Albert Gleizes France 3/16/1998 Heirs of French National Drawing No Litigation Alphonse Kann Collection, “The Death of - Return36 Musée du Louvre Nicolas Poussin in the Presence of Cardinal Massimo” (1833) by François-Marius Granet France 1/11/1999 Fritz Grünwald, Musée d‟Art Painting Litigation heir of Karl Moderne et
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