But Cleopatra star Taylor claims the family has failed to show that the artwork was ever illegally seized from Mauthner.
I would think that it would work the other way - that she would have to prove clear title to the work.
From the information provided it looks like Taylor has a case. If the Mauthner family cannot show that Alfred Wolf had the painting through false auspices, and if Wolf had the painting before the Nazis came to power in 1933, and Taylor can show a legal provenance dating back to Wolf, then Taylor appears to have a legally obtained painting.
I assume she would have a claim against Sotheby's for selling stolen goods, if the worst allegations are true. It's not the case, btw, that all art works in Nazi hands were stolen. Some were bought quite legally in auctions and in other open ways, others were theirs by heredity or were acquired legally before the war. But, of course, many were stolen and confiscated, too. Simply saying it was this woman's before the war doesn't prove anything by itself.
The painting is Dutch. Send it back to Holland to be placed in the Rijksmuseum or in Den Haag.
"The violet-eyed movie goddess. . ."
Maybe at one time. I think the beautiful YOUNG actress has turned into a bit of a freak. Just ask her good friend Michael Jackson!
Smirk. Yeah...right. Lots of observant Jews in Argentina.
Those claiming to have rights painting could made her an offer to buy it back from her at market price.Why should she lose if she made a legitimate purchase?
You have to wonder if poor old Vincent isn't spinning in his grave. During his unfortunate life he made pennies, if that, from the many paintings he produced. Sometime a genius must first die before he becomes a success. As for Taylor, I have little or no sympathy. She's just another rich, spoiled Hwood leftist RAT. A good-hearted person would donate the painting to a worthy art museum so the world might enjoy it.