Stay updated with breaking news from Fischer Foundation. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Christie’s will offer six of the seven pieces by Schiele that were restituted to heirs of Fritz Grünbaum last month during its November sales in New York
The sales mark the newest chapter in a years-long saga involving dozens of Schieles once owned by the Jewish cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum.
The return of seven Egon Schiele paintings establishes a bright-line rule.
Seven drawings by the Austrian artist Egon Schiele have been removed from arts institutions across the country, including New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and returned to the heirs of their former owner, whose collection was stolen by the Nazis during World War II.
The works came from the Museum of Modern Art, the Santa Barbara Museum, the Morgan, and two collectors.