| | Sage
Recovery helps to recover objects that were looted during the Nazi regime and
increase public awareness about this subject.
Holocaust-era
looted art is an important issue for people searching for lost items, museums
and the art trade. Sage Recovery can help those investigating this subject. Our
services include:
Research
and recovery of looted art for both individuals and institutions
Sage Recovery works with families, museums and government agencies to help find
and recover objects that were looted during World War II and to trace the provenance
of objects with gaps in their ownership history. Digitisation
of records pertaining to Nazi looting
There
is an overwhelming amount of information about Nazi looting, but records are scattered
all over the world and not everyone has access to them. Digitising these records
and posting them online will help to ensure that they are widely available.We
have recently made the OSS ALIU 'Red
Flag' list of organisations active in the art trade under the Nazis available
online. Education
and awareness of Nazi spoliation
Sage Recovery
promotes awareness of this issue by providing background information, relevant
publications and online resources. In addition to posting
information about essential resources, Sage will also keep you up to date by listing
the latest news stories about Nazi looted art. View
Shauna Isaac's blog on
Nazi looting.
| Featured Artwork | | Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Angel Fernández de Soto, 1903 |
 The Portrait of Angel Fernández de Soto, also known as The Absinthe Drinker,
is a famous example of Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period. It depicts the intense features
and gaze of the artist’s close friend de Soto, who is seated at a café and is
surrounded by tobacco smoke.
This painting
was acquired by Mr. Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy – a prominent Jewish banker
from Berlin. During the Nazi Regime he was forced to sell the painting. It changed
hands on the market for several years until it was bought by Andrew Lloyd Webber
in 1995.
When the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation
tried to sell the painting in through Christie's in 2006, a von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
heir filed a lawsuit to claim it. After much controversy, Christie's ended up
withdrawing the painting on the day of the sale. Almost four years later, after a settlement was reached, Christies sold the painting for £34.7million. Find
out about the circumstances
of looting. | | | |
