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A tragic fate : law and ethics in the battle over Nazi-looted art

Part one. Art and culture in occupied Europe -- From there to here : legislated plunder in the Third Reich and the Allied response -- Part two. The new era -- The Washington Conference and its ethical parallels -- Portrait of Wally and the politics of seizure -- A new door opens : Maria Altmann and...

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Main Author: O'Donnell, Nicholas M. (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : American Bar Association , [2017]
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: Tragic fate
Author Notes:Nicholas M. O'Donnell
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Summary:Part one. Art and culture in occupied Europe -- From there to here : legislated plunder in the Third Reich and the Allied response -- Part two. The new era -- The Washington Conference and its ethical parallels -- Portrait of Wally and the politics of seizure -- A new door opens : Maria Altmann and the portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer -- Landscape with smokestacks and early trends -- The Max Stern estate -- Part three. Out of time? -- Bakalar and the defense of laches -- California legislative amendments and the legacy of Jacques Goudstikker -- The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Oskar Reichel, and provenance research -- Prescriptive law in Louisiana -- The Nathan heirs, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Toledo Museum of Art -- The knives come out -- Part four. Back and forth -- Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy -- Lâeone Meyer and the University of Oklahoma -- Legally present : a jurisdictional hook -- The Pissarro of Lily Cassirer -- Hungary and the Herzog Collection -- Commercial activity or sovereign act? -- Part five. The worst system in the world but all the rest -- Progress or broken promises? : restitution claims procedures among the signatories to the Washington Conference principles -- A tragic fate : conclusions and possibilities
Item Description:Literaturangaben
Physical Description:xii, 418 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen
ISBN:9781634257336