Liz Taylor sues over van Gogh painting
Rick in Oz
Liz Taylor sues over van Gogh painting
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor is fighting a family's
claims that a Vincent van Gogh painting she owns was taken from one of their
ancestors by Nazis.
Descendants of Margarete Mauthner claim View of the Asylum of Saint-Remy was
taken from the German woman during the Second World War, and are demanding
that Taylor return the painting, which appraisers have said could fetch $10
million to $15 million at auction.
Taylor, whose father bought her the painting at a London auction in 1963,
has filed a lawsuit seeking a pre-emptive court declaration that she is the
rightful owner of the painting, which hangs in the living room of her
Bel-Air estate.
In a statement issued last month, Taylor said she has "a tremendous amount
of sympathy" for those who lost possessions during the war and the
Holocaust. She said she told her lawyers to thoroughly investigate the
ownership history of the 115-year-old van Gogh.
"I have not been presented with any information that suggests the painting
was ever in Nazi possession, nor that there is any other basis for these
claims," the two-time Oscar winner said.
Seeking the painting are Hamilton, Ont., lawyer Andrew J. Orkin, his South
African siblings F. Mark Orkin and Sarah-Rose Josepha Adler, and their
uncle, A. Heinrich Zille, whose home country was unavailable.
Taylor's attorneys acknowledge in her lawsuit, filed May 25 in U.S. District
Court in Los Angeles, that Nazis forced Mauthner and her family to give up
jobs, pensions and homes. But they say they could find no "specific
information about how or when Mauthner 'lost possession' of the painting."
Taylor's lawyers say Mauthner voluntarily sold the painting, which depicts
the asylum where van Gogh lived toward the end of his life. Citing a German
art book, they said Mauthner owned more than one van Gogh painting and sold
her last one in 1933 to finance her family's move from Germany to South
Africa
From Sunny Oz, Rick :)
Proud Keeper of the talented & beautiful Halle Berry.
Serdar Argic
"Rick in Oz" <ozbadcat@h*tmail.com> wrote:
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> http://canoe.ca/JamMovies/jul3_taylor-ap.html
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> Liz Taylor sues over van Gogh painting
> LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor is fighting a family's
> claims that a Vincent van Gogh painting she owns was taken from one of their
> ancestors by Nazis.
Good for Liz. Some of these Kikes are amazingly grasping. This
particular nauseating bunch apparently thinks the magic word
'HOLOCAUST' will allow yet another plum to fall into their hands.
Let's hope they get a bloody nose over this latest grab.
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From: Serdar Argic serd...@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, Jul 4, 2004 12:44 PM
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> Liz Taylor sues over van Gogh painting
> LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor is fighting a family's
> claims that a Vincent van Gogh painting she owns was taken from one of their
> ancestors by Nazis.
>>Good for Liz. Some of these Kikes are amazingly grasping. This
particular nauseating bunch apparently thinks the magic word
'HOLOCAUST' will allow yet another plum to fall into their hands.
Let's hope they get a bloody nose over this latest grab.<<<<
Wow, I never though it possible but you make George Bush look like a fucking
genius.
XL TRIBUNEOFROME
money they show their true colors.
maryanne kehoe
hundreds of works of art either stolen in robberies or pillaged by the
Nazis. I don't think a statute of limitations applies to such crimes
(since many of these works are worth millions.)
Some of the major auctions houses have been sued over the sale of stolen
art. There was a case in the UK this past spring of Sotheby's losing a
judgement over the sale of a painting (because the person who allegedly
owned it had faked documentation.)
Re: Liz Taylor sues over van Gogh painting
Group: alt.gossip.celebrities Date: Sun, Jul 4, 2004, 7:44pm (EDT+4)
From: serd...@hotmail.com (Serdar Argic)
Zeb Quinn
> Stolen art is a huge problem. There is a web site somewhere that lists
> hundreds of works of art either stolen in robberies or pillaged by the
> Nazis. I don't think a statute of limitations applies to such crimes
> (since many of these works are worth millions.)
Hey, war is hell, and it causes ownership, title, and deed to change
hands to all kinds of things, including art works. That's why it
never ever pays to be a surrender monkey or an appeaser. If you're
going to go to the soap factory, at the very least kick up a fuss
about it. If not for your own sake, do it for your heirs' sakes.