US Supreme Court declines to hear Van Gogh Sunflowers restitution appeal
The US Supreme Court denied review of a jurisdictional dismissal in the heirs of Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’s claim against Sompo over a 1934 sale they alleged occurred under Nazi duress. The courts did not decide title. Image shows the disputed Van Gogh painting, courtesy of the Sompo Museum of Art.
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