The Goudreaux reports connect a US civil forfeiture action seeking the return of a painting looted from Ukraine with the subsequent return of An Amorous Couple. The filing sought an outcome; the later handover records a different, completed stage.
2 reports · Source dates: 21 Mar 2019 — 20 Feb 2020
Each entry reflects its source on the stated date. A historical theft report does not mean a work remains missing. Attributions, allegations and decisions remain distinct; this dossier does not authenticate artworks.
Ukraine’s Permanent Mission to the UN confirmed on 20 February 2020 that an official handover of Pierre Louis Goudreaux’s An Amorous Couple took place in New York the previous day, attended by Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko. Looted from Kyiv’s Khanenko Museum during World War II, the painting was found in the United States. This is a restitution update to the civil forfeiture action announced in 2019.
On 21 March 2019, Manhattan federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture action for Pierre Louis Goudreaux’s An Amorous Couple, also called A Loving Glance and formerly A Family Portrait. The complaint alleged that it was looted from Kyiv’s Khanenko Museum around 1943 and resurfaced in a New York auction listing in 2013. This records the filing stage; the 2020 handover is documented separately.