Law Prof: American Museums Have Violated Washington Principles on Nazi-Looted Art

Two Nudes (Lovers)

1913

Kokoschka, Oskar, Austrian, 1886–1980

163.2 x 97.5 cm (64 1/4 x 38 3/8 in.)

Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Professor Jennifer Anglim Kreder compiled a chart of Holocaust-era art cases decided in U.S. federal courts since 2004.  The results are bleak, and show that American museums have systematically violated the Washington Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art.

I wrote about the excellent panel Prof. Kreder organized in Washington DC on a US Commission on Nazi-Looted Art here.