The FBI said the owners of the pastel - Bridget Vita and her late husband Kevin Schlamp, did not realize the Nazis had stolen the Monet and they voluntarily surrendered it.
Did they… ask? You’d think anyone buying a painting of that significance might want to verify its provenance. Either it’s expensive enough you’d want to make damn sure your investment isn’t stolen or it’s going for cheap and you might want to know why. It’s not like Nazi stolen art is some new discovery in the art world.
Did they… ask? You’d think anyone buying a painting of that significance might want to verify its provenance. Either it’s expensive enough you’d want to make damn sure your investment isn’t stolen or it’s going for cheap and you might want to know why. It’s not like Nazi stolen art is some new discovery in the art world.
A “private” art dealer.
They weren’t asking the dealer for provenance because they knew it was stolen.
100%
Willful blindness is equally culpable.