Wednesday 31 October 2012

Demand for a Monet

The grandson of a wealthy Jewish businessman is demanding that a Swiss foundation return a Monet masterpiece that the family was forced to sell for a fraction of its value as they fled Europe during World War II, a Swiss newspaper reported Wednesday.
Juan Carlos Emden, the Chilean grandson of Max Emden who bought French master Claude Monet's "Poppy Field near Vetheuil" in the 1920s, is seeking to recover the painting from the Swiss Buehlre collection, the Neue Zuercher Zeitung (NZZ) reported.
Read more: http://acn.liveauctioneers.com/index.php/features/art-design/8502-former-jewish-owners-want-return-of-monet-masterpiece#ixzz2Au7Ijg1T

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