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The Diggers (English)
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Twee Gravers onder Bomen / De Gravers (Dutch)
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On June 25, the World Jewish Restitution Organization published a report condemning U.S. Museums for using the legal system to dismiss rather than resolve cases where previous owners request restitution for Nazi-era looted art. Two of the museums mentioned in the report provided the Observer with official statements in response to the accusations: the Toledo Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts.Both museums had come under scrutiny for their handling of cases brought forth by the same Jewish heir, Martha Nathan, which involved artworks sold through the same 1938 sale. The sale involved Paul Gaugin’s Street Scene in Tahiti (1891), which was purchased by the Toledo Museum of Art in 1939, and Vincent Van Gogh’s Les Becheurs (The Diggers), which was given to the museum by a donor in 1970, according to a joint 2006 statement from the institutions. (English)
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In an unusual twist to a restitution battle involving a Nazi-era art claim, two American museums - the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Toledo Museum of Art - have sued the heirs of a Jewish collector who are contesting the museums' ownership of two paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.Gauguin's "Street in Tahiti," painted in 1891, was acquired by the Toledo, Ohio, museum in 1939. Van Gogh's "The Diggers," painted in 1889, has been in the Detroit collection since 1970. The two are among the most valuable works of art in the museums, reportedly worth more than $10 million each. In May 2004, 15 heirs of Martha Nathan, a collector from Frankfurt who owned the paintings between 1922 and 1938, contacted the museums after viewing the pictures on their Web sites. The heirs said that they believed the paintings belonged to the family. In response, the museums embarked on an 18-month investigation, resulting in an extensive report that museum officials say unequivocally proves their legal title to the works. (English)
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Nathan, a German of Jewish descent, emigrated to Paris in 1937. Robert Tannahill, a Detroit collector, bequeathed the Van Gogh painting in 1970 to the DIA. He bought it in 1941 from a member of the art group that bought it from Nathan for $9,364, according to a news release. The 18-month study was led by Laurie Stein, an independent art historian, who has conducted similar research for the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Conn. Her work has led to the resolution of claims by museums and the heirs of prior owners, the release said. (English)
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