London dealer ordered to return Egon Schiele works worth $5m to heirs of Holocaust victims (Q83630605)
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news article, The Art Newspaper
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | London dealer ordered to return Egon Schiele works worth $5m to heirs of Holocaust victims |
news article, The Art Newspaper |
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London dealer ordered to return Egon Schiele works worth $5m to heirs of Holocaust victims (English)
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Woman in a Black Pinafore (1911) and Woman Hiding Her Face (1912)—together valued at around $5m—had previously been in the collection of the cabaret artist Fritz Grünbaum (1990-1941), who was arrested by the Nazis in 1938 and sent to Dachau concentration camp, where he died in 1941. After his arrest, power of attorney had passed to his wife, Elisabeth, who was forced to sign over his art collection (consisting of over 500 works, including at least 81 by Schiele) to be inventoried after she was forced from their apartment. Elisabeth also died in a camp, in 1942. (English)