Art restitution

Seven Egon Schiele works returned to Fritz Grünbaum's heirs

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Seven Egon Schiele works returned to Fritz Grünbaum's heirs
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Manhattan prosecutors returned seven Egon Schiele works, collectively valued at more than $9.5 million, to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum. The Austrian Jewish collector and cabaret performer was murdered at Dachau in 1941. The works came from US museum and private collections. This report concerns the seven works restituted at the September 2023 ceremony, not all works claimed by the family.

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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait (1630), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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