What was the feel-good, ersatz Antiques-Roadshow story of the summer may soon be one of the most prominent art law issues in the country. A painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir entitled “Paysage Bords de Seine” that was purchased at a flea market in 2010 for $7 and authenticated this year as genuine may turn out to have been stolen from the Baltimore Museum of Art.
“Flea Market Renoir” May Have Been Stolen Decades Ago, Confusion Abounds
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Nicholas O'Donnell on September 28, 2012 at 9:49 AM
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Topics: Forgery, Sadie May Collection, Antiques Roadshow, Renoir, Doreen Bolger, Collections, Baltimore Museum of Art, Standing, Washington Post, connoisseurship, Paysage Bords de Seine, Potomack Co.
Barnes Foundation Case Dismissed, Relocation to Philadelphia Will Proceed
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Nicholas O'Donnell on October 7, 2011 at 5:50 AM
To paraphrase the famous Saturday Night Live skit about General Francisco Franco: this just in: Museum members and supporters still cannot go to court to challenge the administration of the institution. The Barnes Foundation has defeated the latest challenge to its right to move from its original home in Lower Merion outside of Philadelphia to its new home in the center of the city. The relocation will go forward.
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Topics: Rose Art Museum, Philadelphia, Saturday Night Live, Cy Pres, Collections, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Trusts, Standing, Barnes Foundation
