Klimt art to stay in Austria, panel rules
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AN Austrian panel ruled yesterday against returning one of the country’s most stunning works of art to heirs of the original Jewish owner, and the government said it would keep the masterpiece in line with that recommendation.
The monumental “Beethoven Frieze” was claimed by heirs of Erich Lederer. It was painted by the Austrian symbolist Gustav Klimt directly on the walls of Vienna’s gold-domed Secession Building at the turn of the century and is on permanent display there.
The panel, which examines claims over art works looted by the Nazis, has no enforcement powers. But its suggestions are normally acted on by the government, and Culture Minister Josef Ostermayer said “that is the case now as well.”
“I said before the ruling that I would follow the recommendation,” he said.
Lederer gained restitution of the frieze after the war. He sold it to the state for US$750,000 in 1973 — an amount that lawyers for the heirs say was less than half its value back then and sold under duress only after decades of government refusal to let Lederer take it out of the country under laws prohibiting the export of valuable art works.
Lawyer Alfred Noll, who represents some of the heirs, said he was disappointed by the panel’s ruling but suggested it would be accepted.
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