RESOLVED STOLEN ART CLAIMS - Herrick, Feinstein LLP
RESOLVED STOLEN ART CLAIMS - Herrick, Feinstein LLP
RESOLVED STOLEN ART CLAIMS - Herrick, Feinstein LLP
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COUNTRY †<br />
DATE OF<br />
RETURN/<br />
RESOLUTION <br />
CLAIM<br />
MADE BY<br />
USA 6/3/2002 Heirs of<br />
Heinrich<br />
Hoffmann Sr.<br />
USA 9/2002 Anonymous<br />
heirs of Dutch<br />
Jewish<br />
Collector<br />
USA 11/18/2003 Israelitische<br />
Kultusgemeinde<br />
Wien<br />
(Jewish<br />
Community<br />
Organization of<br />
Vienna)<br />
USA 4/2004 Claude Delibes<br />
and Suzanne<br />
Geiss Robbins,<br />
heirs of André<br />
Jean Seligmann<br />
USA 5/21/2004 The Estate of<br />
Julius Priester<br />
USA 11/30/2004 Uri Peled, heir<br />
of Arthur<br />
Feldmann<br />
USA 8/2005 Thomas<br />
Bennigson, heir<br />
of Carlota<br />
Landsberg<br />
CLAIM<br />
RECEIVED BY <strong>ART</strong>WORK(S) MODE ‡<br />
U.S. Army<br />
Detroit Institute<br />
of Arts *<br />
Kestenbaum &<br />
Company,<br />
New York, NY<br />
Utah Museum of<br />
Fine Arts<br />
Virginia Museum<br />
of Fine Arts<br />
Anonymous<br />
American<br />
collector<br />
Marilynn<br />
Alsdorf, Chicago<br />
4 watercolors<br />
by Adolf Hitler<br />
Painting<br />
“A Man-o-War and<br />
Other Ships off the<br />
Dutch Coast”<br />
(1692)<br />
by Ludolf<br />
Backhuysen<br />
14 th c. Kabbalistic<br />
manuscript<br />
Painting<br />
“Les Jeunes<br />
Amoureux”<br />
(18 th c.)<br />
by François Boucher<br />
Painting<br />
“Portrait of Jean<br />
d‟Albon”<br />
(16 th c.)<br />
by Corneille de<br />
Lyon<br />
Drawing<br />
“Liberation of St.<br />
Peter from Prison”<br />
attributed to<br />
Rembrandt<br />
Painting<br />
“Femme en Blanc”<br />
(1922)<br />
by Pablo Picasso<br />
Litigation<br />
- No Return<br />
- Heirs appealed<br />
Fourth Circuit<br />
ruling denying<br />
claims<br />
- U.S. Supreme<br />
Court denied<br />
certiorari 165<br />
No Litigation<br />
(Art Loss<br />
Register)<br />
- Confidential<br />
settlement<br />
- Painting<br />
remains in<br />
museum 166<br />
No Litigation<br />
(U.S. Customs)<br />
- Return 167<br />
No Litigation<br />
- Return 168<br />
No Litigation<br />
(Holocaust<br />
Claims<br />
Processing<br />
Office)<br />
- Return 169<br />
No Litigation 170<br />
(Commission<br />
for Looted Art<br />
in Europe and<br />
IFAR)<br />
- Return<br />
Litigation<br />
- Monetary<br />
settlement 171<br />
* Institute contacted heirs after it discovered a gap in the provenance of the painting.<br />
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