One of my client’s paintings was discovered at an upcoming sale at the Dorotheum. It’s entitled In the Wine Cellar by Domenico Pennacchini (1860 - 1910). As soon as I informed the Dorotheum, they were unbelievably helpful. They researched this painting and found that it had gone through the Dorotheum sales room in 1942. This [...]
After two years of investigation, the Heast Castle in California returned two paintings to the family of Jakob and Rosa Oppenheimer. They were German Jews who were forced to sell paintings in a liquidation auction of their Berlin gallery.
This marks 25th restitution in the USA since the issue of Nazi looted art gained international recognition [...]
May 05, 2009 