New York Court tells Art Institute of Chicago to Surrender Schiele

April 25 2025

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Picture: Art Institute of Chicago

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

A court in New York has ruled in favour of the claimants of Egon Schiele's Russian War Prisoner, which has been at the centre of a legal battle with its current owners the Art Institute of Chicago.

According to the article above:

Drysdale ruled the museum failed to adequately scrutinize the drawing’s provenance, relying on now-discredited records from Swiss dealer Eberhard Kornfeld, who claimed to have bought the work from Grünbaum’s sister-in-law. Authorities overseeing the dispute presented evidence that Kornfeld forged documents in order to sell the works discretely.


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