"...the Grünbaum heirs contend that Mr. Kornfeld’s account is a fiction and that the documents are forgeries. They say it is suspicious that he did not identify Ms. Lukacs-Herzl as his supplier until nearly two decades after her death, and they contest the validity of the signatures on the records, pointing to places where Ms. Lukacs-Herzl’s name is misspelled or written in pencil...."
- William D. Cohan, Jewish Heirs Take on an Art Foundation That Rights Nazi Wrongs, NYT, Aug. 26, 2018
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READING GUIDE
Questions for students of art history
1) Why is it important to establish an accurate account of the ownership history of an artwork?
2) How to verify whether an art dealer is telling the truth or lying about the provenance an artwork he or she sold?
3) What elements in this story help to clarify an accurate sequence of events?
4) What historical knowledge is needed to make sense of these different accounts?
5) What additional information can you find from other sources that make it possible to see more clearly what really happened?
6) This NYT news story was published in 2018. What has happened since then? Do recent events shed light on who was telling the truth and who was lying? If so, how?
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Jewish Heirs Take on an Art Foundation That Rights Nazi Wrongs by By William D. Cohan, Aug. 26, 2018
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