The exhibition that reopened a stolen collection
A Pissarro loan in Paris gave Simon Bauer’s heirs an opportunity to act.
Simon Bauer’s art collection was confiscated under the Vichy regime in 1943. La Récolte des pois subsequently circulated on the market and was acquired by American collectors at auction in 1995.
When the work was lent to the Musée Marmottan Monet in 2017, Bauer’s heirs sought judicial protection and restitution. The court proceedings examined the consequences of the original spoliation for later transfers.
A November 2017 restitution decision was upheld on appeal in 2018 and confirmed by the Cour de cassation on 1 July 2020. The later owners’ good faith did not erase the legal consequences of the confiscation.
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