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The Louvre's art sleuth is on the hunt for looted paintings
Corinne Hershkivitch at her office in Paris, June 23, 2021. The French state must admit that this sale fell under the Aryanization laws of Vichy France, said Hershkivitch, an art lawyer who represents the Dorville heirs. Joann Pai/The New York Times
by Elaine Sciolino
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- In a frenzied, four-day auction in the grand hall of the Savoy Hotel in Nice in June 1942, buyers bid on paintings, sculptures and drawings from the cabinet of a Parisian art lover. Among the 445 pieces for sale were works by Degas, Delacroix, Renoir and Rodin.
VichyAuvergneFranceUnited-statesGermanyNew-yorkSavoyFrance-general-ParisSaint-germain-en-layeIndianaBerlinA Drawing Believed to Be the Final Nazi-Looted Artwork in the Gurlitt Collection Has Been Returned to Its Rightful Owners
The provenance of some 1,000 artworks from the notorious collection still remain unknown.
January 13, 2021
A restorer works on a masterpiece from the collection Cornelius Gurlitt. Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images.
Germany has restituted the 14th and what is believed to be final work of art from the notorious trove of Cornelius Gurlitt, whose art-dealer father, Hildebrand, worked with the Nazis beginning in 1938 to acquire works under duress from Jewish collectors.
The latest artwork to be returned to the heirs of its rightful owner is a circa 1840 drawing by German artist Carl Spitzweg titled
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