Austria returns wrong Klimt to wrong family (Q118189556)
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Austria returns wrong Klimt to wrong family (English)
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David D'Arcy
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13 November 2018
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Suspicions around the work’s provenance circulated even before it was handed over to Stiasny’s heirs, and experts called the mistaken restitution an “open secret” for years. In 2015, the Commission for Provenance Research found that the work owned by Nora Stiasny was actually Roses under Trees. But the Lederer family’s overtures to reclaim Apple Tree II were rejected last year by the fiscal procurator, which legally represents the Austrian government. (English)