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The Art Institute of Chicago exhibited "willful blindness" to evidence suggesting it was purchasing artwork stolen during the Holocaust: prosecutors.
The Art Institute of Chicago has been accused of exhibiting “willful blindness” to evidence suggesting it was purchasing artwork stolen during the Holocaust when it acquired a drawing that authorities say was looted by the Nazis.
The museum denies the allegations, contending Fritz Grünbaum’s sister-in-law inherited Egon Schiele’s 'Russian War Prisoner' after Grünbaum was killed at Dachau and subsequently sold the drawing along with other of Schiele's works to an art dealer.
The museum asserts it is the rightful owner of an Egon Schiele drawing that New York investigators say in a new court filing was stolen by the Nazis.
New York prosecutors say they have returned two more pieces of art to the heirs of a Jewish Holocaust victim. They are fighting in court to recover a third from