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Heirs of Jewish Collector Contest Sale of Possibly Looted Pissarro

Heirs of Jewish Collector Contest Sale of Possibly Looted Pissarro


Several heirs to Jewish banker Salomon Flavian have taken Sotheby’s to court in Paris over the auctioneer’s sale of a painting by Camille Pissarro. They maintain that the painting was looted by the Nazis and say they were left out of an agreement struck with two of their family members, reports the Art Newspaper (TAN).

The case concerns the French Impressionist’s canvas Darse de pêche et bassin Duquesne, Dieppe, après-midi ensoleillée (Fishing dock and Duquesne basin, Dieppe, sunny afternoon), 1902, showing the port city in western France.



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