Posted on by Mary Duncan
Last week PWG member Laurel Zuckerman, acting as Ancillary Administratrix of the estate of Alice Leffmann, filed suit against New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to recover “The Actor”. The rare 1904-5 masterpiece by Pablo Picasso was owned by Paul Leffmann, a German Jew, for approximately 26 years until 1938.View “The Actor,” here.
For more information about the case, filed in NY see: Case 1:16-cv-07665
http://www.sdnyblog.com/files/
NYT: Met Picasso Belonged to Family That Fled Nazis, Suit Says By GRAHAM BOWLEY
Metropolitan Museum of Art Sued for $100 Million Picasso Sold by Collector Fleeing the Nazis
https://news.artnet.com/art-wo
Suit Against Met Alleges that $100 Million Picasso Painting Was Sold Under Duress in Nazi Germany