More Restituted Egon Schiele Works Are Heading to Auction
The two Egon Schiele works were previously owned by Fritz Grünbaum, a cabaret performer who was killed in the Holocaust.
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The two Egon Schiele works were previously owned by Fritz Grünbaum, a cabaret performer who was killed in the Holocaust.
In a significant development, two artworks by Egon Schiele restituted to the heirs of Austrian Jewish cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum, […]
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The move, criticised by some, was deemed necessary by the museum's foundation to prevent insolvency. Markus Stegmann, the museum director, announced that after deducting buyer's fees, the foundation would receive approximately 42.3 million Swiss francs ($46.9 million), securing the museum's future through the creation of an endowment.
Several museums and collectors have surrendered artworks by Egon Schiele to investigators who say they were looted. But others are asserting that the evidence is inconclusive.