The Foxes (Q28839414)

A Franz Marc painting that has been the subject of a years-long restitution case will be returned to the heirs of its former owner, the Jewish businessman and banker Kurt Grawi, who sold the work during World War II. The German city of Düsseldorf will restitute Marc’s 1913 painting Die Füchse (Foxes) to Grawi’s heirs, according to a report by the German publication Der Spiegel. The city’s art collection has held the painting since 1962. (English)

William Dieterle

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stated in

Düsseldorf Committee Votes to Return Franz Marc Painting to Former Owner’s Heirs

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https://www.lootedart.com/news.php?r=UTE1DU507801

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Kurt Grawi bought the painting in 1928. His businesses and properties were seized by the Nazi Party in 1935, and in 1938, he was imprisoned at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Germany for several weeks. He wrote in a 1939 letter that he would use the funds from the sale of the work to flee Germany, via Belgium, for Chile.Grawi was able to smuggle the painting out of Germany to Paris. It was ultimately purchased for an unknown price in New York in 1940 by German-American film director Willam Dieterle. In 1961, it was acquired by Helmut Horten, the owner of a chain of German department stores; the following year, Horten donated the piece to the Düsseldorf City Art Collection. (English)

Helmut Horten

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stated in

German Nazi-looted art panel recommends return of Franz Marc’s Foxes to heirs of Jewish banker

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https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/03/26/german-nazi-looted-art-panel-recommends-return-of-franz-marcs-foxes-to-heirs-of-jewish-banker

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claim for restitution of an artwork

start time

2017

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German Nazi-looted art panel recommends return of Franz Marc’s Foxes to heirs of Jewish banker

reference URL

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/03/26/german-nazi-looted-art-panel-recommends-return-of-franz-marcs-foxes-to-heirs-of-jewish-banker

stated in

Düsseldorf faces Nazi-era claim for Franz Marc’s foxes

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https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/duesseldorf-faces-nazi-era-claim-for-franz-marc-s-foxes

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The heirs of Kurt Grawi, a Jewish investment banker who was forced to flee Berlin under the Nazis, are growing impatient with Düsseldorf over their claim for a 1913 painting of foxes by Franz Marc that hangs in the city’s Museum Kunstpalast. (English)

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oil paint

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https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6358425

editor

Christie's

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English

retrieved

21 March 2024