Recent legislation requires institutions to label works they display that was stolen by the Nazis, but some are still unwilling to publish their provenance research
Did the Nazis force an art sale? The question lingers 88 years later.
Joachim Anthoniesz Wtewaels Actaeon Watching Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing. The museum has held that Curt Glasers sale of the painting was not forced by Nazi persecution. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston via The New York Times.
by Catherine Hickley
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- The Nazi authorities removed Curt Glaser from his post as director of the Berlin State Art Library in April 1933 because he was Jewish. He was also evicted from his home and, the following month, sold most of his art collection at two auctions.