In the wake of last month’s legislative requirement Museum in New York According to a report, a possible disagreement has emerged over a particular piece to be recognized as art stolen by the Nazis.
In August, New York The Associated Press (AP) reported that Gov. Cathy Hochol signed a law requiring museums to put up markers to identify pieces looted by the Nazis from 1933 to 1945.
According to a press release from the New York Department of Financial Services, 600,000 paintings were stolen from Jews during World War II.
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About 53 pieces in New York City The Metropolitan Museum of Art According to the museum’s website, they were identified or sold by the museum under pressure from the Nazis.
Despite the fact that those objects were returned to their rightful owners before the museum acquired them, the Met would still put up signs. Explaining their history AP reported.
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Andrea Bayer, the Met’s deputy director for collections and administration, told the AP: “People should be aware. People suffered a terrible cost during World War II because of these confiscations, and how the treasures of people they loved and were in their families, while their lives were disrupted.”
A 1695 oil on canvas painting by Dutch artist Jan Vanks, “Game Piece with a Dead Heron”—acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1950—is on display at the museum. The painting is one of 53 works in the museum’s collection, once looted during the Nazi era, but returned to its named owners before being acquired by the museum. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Matt told the AP that he doesn’t plan to put any marks on the “actor.” Picasso’s painting which was gifted to the museum in 1952.
The painting was owned by Jewish businessman Paul Leifman, who sold it to a Paris art dealer in 1938 for $13,200 while fleeing Germany.
In 2016, Leifman’s great-granddaughter, Laurel Zuckerman, sued the museum for $100 million over the alleged forced sale of the painting, Reuters reported at the time.
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A court later dismissed the lawsuit, but Lawrence Kaye, a lawyer who represented Zuckerman, told the AP that the Met must still publicly acknowledge the painting’s controversial past.
“I’m sure the law will cover this piece,” Kai told the AP. “It was dismissed on a technicality and I believe that should be covered by what that statute means under the statute.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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