Works by Austrian expressionist were formerly owned by entertainer who died in concentration camp
Three artworks believed stolen during thefrom a Jewish art collector and entertainer have been seized from museums in three different states by New York law enforcement authorities.
The three works, and others from the collection, which Grünbaum began assembling in the 1920s, are already the subject of civil litigation on behalf of his heirs. They believe the entertainer was forced to cede ownership of his artworks under duress. A well-known performer in Vienna and Berlin by the time Adolf Hitler rose to power, Grünbaum challenged the Nazi authorities in his work. He once quipped from a darkened stage, “I can’t see a thing, not a single thing; I must have stumbled into national socialist culture.”
Girl With Black Hair, which was seized from the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College in Ohio.The works will remain at the museums until they can be transported to the district attorney’s office. In a statement, Oberlin said it was cooperating with investigators and was “confident that Oberlin College legally acquired Egon Schiele’s Girl with Black Hair in 1958, and that we lawfully possess it”.
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