Click here or on 'view gallery' to see more of the seized works Images of some of the works – which had been stored in the Munich apartment of the 80-year-old son of a famous pre-war art dealer until they were unearthed by customs officers in March last year and made public on Sunday – were exhibited at a press conference on coloured slides.
About 600 of those seized works were included in the Degenerate Art exhibition, which opened on 19 July 1937 – the day after Hitler's Great German Art show at the purpose-built, gruesomely fascistic Haus der Deutsche Kunst (renamed the Haus der Kunst, this gallery is now directed by the remarkable Nigerian curator Okwui Enwezor and presented an admirable exhibition in 2012 on its Nazi history).
When forensic investigators analyzed the seized works, they found cat hair embedded in the paint a characteristic not shared by Hunter's authentic work.
Similarly, just hours after the Northern Gateway's approval, a group of Tahltan, a nearby First Nation that has blocked coal extraction and seized work sites in their territories, arrived to support the encampment.
In the case involving the Sotheby's statue, on Thursday, Judge George B. Daniels cast doubt on whether the government could prevail in its effort to seize the work, based on the filings it has made.
Soon after, the police seized the works from Mr. Le Guennec's home in Mouans-Sartoux, in the South of France.
In 2012, investigators seized 1,280 works from Gurlitt's flat, after investigating him for tax evasion in relation to them.
Police seized several works from a recent sale of Bresnu's collection in early June.
The only firm answer we have — with documented proof — is that Bernard Faÿ kept his eye on the apartment and intervened when it looked like the seals on the doors were going to be broken and the Nazis were going to seize the art works".
That most American music is derived from the work of black artists -- yet these movements are credited to the white artists who effectively seized their work and credit.
