Art Institute of Chicago fights for possession of Egon Schiele portrait
Civil action for return of looted Schiele painting dismissed but criminal case looms
Source: theartnewspaper.com
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Civil action for return of looted Schiele painting dismissed but criminal case looms
New York investigators trying to seize a drawing from the Art Institute of Chicago filed an exacting 160-page motion Friday accusing the museum of bla
The two Egon Schiele works were previously owned by Fritz Grünbaum, a cabaret performer who was killed in the Holocaust.
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