Art court dispute

Austrian arbitration orders return of five Klimt paintings

Vienna, Austria · Source report date:

Gustav Klimt, Adele Bloch-Bauer II. Photograph: Johannes Stoll, courtesy HomeArt, via Belvedere.
Gustav Klimt, Adele Bloch-Bauer II. Photograph: Johannes Stoll, courtesy HomeArt, via Belvedere. Image source ↗
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An Austrian arbitration panel ruled that five Gustav Klimt paintings should be returned to the Bloch-Bauer heirs, including Maria Altmann. The January 2006 report records the ruling; the physical transfer followed later.

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