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May 5, 2011
May 5, 2011

Now open for business: The “International Research Portal” on Nazi-era looting of objects of art

International Research Portal for Records Related to Nazi-Era Cultural PropertySource: NARA A newfangled “International Research Portal” has been launched to facilitate archival research on Nazi looting […]
May 5, 2011
May 16, 2011
May 16, 2011

At the National Gallery of Art with Paul Gauguin

Yellow ChristSource: Humanities Web Not everyone is a fan of Paul Gauguin, myself included. But his obsessive sense of esthetics concerning exotic women (read, Tahitian) blended […]
May 16, 2011
June 25, 2011
June 25, 2011

Maillol bronze bathing beauty seeks rightful owner

It pays to read everything. As in any criminal investigative case, every stone must be turned over to look for any clue that might help solve […]
June 25, 2011
July 6, 2011
July 6, 2011

Interpreting a restituted Vuillard painting

Another reminder of how complex, inadequate, and frustrating art-historical and forensic research can be when one seeks to verify the antecedents of a looted painting. In […]
July 6, 2011
July 20, 2011
July 20, 2011

Nazi art historians and the Netsuke

by Marc Masurovsky Life at the Jeu de Paume for any art historian would have been the closest thing to working in an aesthetic playpen. Every […]
July 20, 2011
August 13, 2011
August 13, 2011

From Al-Andalus to the Jeu de Paume: A Lesson in Provenance, Valencia Style

by Martin Terrazas After initial dramatic seizures of major Jewish collections in the Paris region during the summer and fall of 1940 by the foot soldiers […]
August 13, 2011
August 13, 2011
August 13, 2011

De Al-Ándalus al Jeu de Paume: Una lección de procedencia, estilo valenciano

por Martin Terrazas “La mejor cerámica del siglo XV”, C. VelascoFuente: Las Provincias Después de los primeros saqueos dramáticos de las colecciones judías más importantes en […]
August 13, 2011
August 15, 2011
August 15, 2011

“Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berri”—still missing?

The basic facts: When the Nazis steal everything there is to steal from the dozen or so members of the French branch of the Rothschild family […]
August 15, 2011
August 15, 2011
August 15, 2011

“Le déjeûner sur l’herbe” by Claude Monet almost plundered?

Claude Monet, the icon of French Impressionism, slaved for over a year painting a picnic on the grass with well-dressed men and women, all friends of […]
August 15, 2011
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