Posted on 10/15/2010 8:30:25 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA
A federal appeals court in Boston has ruled that the Museum of Fine Arts owns a valuable 1913 painting by Oskar Kokoschka, saying that the statute of limitations had run out on an Austrian woman's claim that the painting had been sold by one of her ancestors under Nazi duress and belonged to her.
But the First US Circuit Court of Appeals noted that it wasn't ruling on the legality of the MFA's acquisition of the painting in 1973. And it added that, in the future, museums should take a close look at the background of paintings from that time.
"For works of art with unmistakable roots in the Holocaust era," the court said, "museums would now be well-advised to follow the guidelines of the American Association of Museums: "[M]useums should take all reasonable steps to resolve the Nazi-era provenance status of objects before acquiring them for their collections -- whether by purchase, gift, bequest, or exchange."
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Sad.
Appeals court staffed by liberals approves of robbery
Will the MFA do the right thing or tell her ‘tough toe-nails’.
They’ll tell her to screw.
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