7 artworks, seized by Nazis, returned to descendants in NY
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The Schiele pieces were handed over today in an event organized by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.
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 Manhattan district attorney’s office arranged for the return of seven works to a family that has been seeking them for more than a quarter of a century.
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.