Restitution Discussion Group Archives
| Sender: |
Charles Mitchell |
| Date: |
Tue, 7 Mar 2000 08:53:59 |
| Re: |
Looted art |
Subscribers
to RDG will recall the discussion last year of Sotheby's
v City of Gotha, and the tricky legal issues which arise in connection
with claims to assert title to works of art stolen during the Holocaust
period and the Second World War. In this connection, subscribers may now
be interested to learn that various British museums and art galleries have
been investigating the provenance of the paintings and other artworks in
their collections, in an attempt to discover whether claims might be made
against them by the original owners or their families. The guiding principles
of this undertaking and other details can be found at the following web-site:
www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/spoilation/
_________________________________
Dr Charles Mitchell
Lecturer in Law
School of Law
King's College London
Strand
LONDON WC2R 2LS
tel: 020 7848 2290
fax: 020 7848 2465
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