Seven Year Saga of Bakalar v. Vavra Ends in Victory for Current Owner of Schiele Drawing and Settles Concerns Over Application of the Laches Defense (Q108427463)
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| English | Seven Year Saga of Bakalar v. Vavra Ends in Victory for Current Owner of Schiele Drawing and Settles Concerns Over Application of the Laches Defense |
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Seven Year Saga of Bakalar v. Vavra Ends in Victory for Current Owner of Schiele Drawing and Settles Concerns Over Application of the Laches Defense (English)
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Grunbaum died in the Nazi concentration camp Dachau in 1941 and his wife Elisabeth died a year later in Munich. Some years later, art dealer Eberhard Kornfeld, a partner in the Swiss gallery Gutekunst & Klipstein, acquired the painting in 1956. He claimed that he acquired the piece from Elisabeth Grunbaum's older sister, Mathilde Lukacs (English)