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Henri Edmond Cross - Regatta in Venice - 58.17 - Museum of Fine Arts.jpg
3,200 × 2,541; 3.82 MB
3,200 × 2,541; 3.82 MB
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20 December 2016
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Another label on the back of the canvas, which identifies the painting as “Carnaval Venice,” suggests it was exhibited and sold by Pierre Matisse Gallery, a well-respected New York dealer. Philanthropist Oveta Culp Hobby purchased the painting in 1954 and gave it to the Houston museum in 1958. (English)
Another label on the back of the canvas, which identifies the painting as “Carnaval Venice,” suggests it was exhibited and sold by Pierre Matisse Gallery, a well-respected New York dealer. Philanthropist Oveta Culp Hobby purchased the painting in 1954 and gave it to the Houston museum in 1958. (English)
21 January 2019
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A lawyer for the heirs, Christoph Partsch, said last week that the painting was confiscated by the Nazis in 1940. He said his clients had found out only now about the existence of the missing painting and were demanding its return. (English)
The heirs of a major French art collector whose possessions were plundered by Nazi forces during World War II have filed a claim of ownership for an Impressionist painting that has belonged to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston for about 60 years.Henri-Edmond Cross’ 29-by-36-inch canvas “Regatta in Venice” is on loan to the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany, where it is on view through Feb. 17 in “Color and Light,” a major retrospective for the French artist.Berlin-based attorney Christoph Partsch filed the claim on Jan. 21 against the Museum Barberini on behalf of two grandchildren of the late French collector Gaston Levy, urging German authorities “to prevent the removal of looted property from Germany and to enable a solution according to the Washington principles.” (English)
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20 December 2016
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20 December 2016
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20 December 2016
92.7 centimetre
73.7 centimetre