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US Supreme Court to determine fate of $30 mn Pissarro painting looted by Nazis

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Painting stolen by Nazis hangs in Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza museum. Case pits Spanish institution against heirs of Jewish refugees. US supreme court hearing, set to begin on Tuesday, is an 1897 painting by impressionist Camille Pissarro. The turbulent past of the painting, whose value has been estimated at $30m (�22m), is not contested.

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News18 India

US Supreme Court To Decide Fate Of Painting Worth $30 Million Once Looted By Nazis

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed the fate of a painting by Camille Pissarro looted by the Nazis in 1939 and currently on display at a gallery in Spain. The 1897 painting, "Rue Saint-Honore in the Afternoon. Effect of Rain," like some other works by the French impressionist, is at the heart of a long legal battle with international ramifications.

2 years ago·India

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The Guardian

Fate of Nazi-looted Pissarro to be decided by US supreme court

The legal battle over the painting, in the hands of a Madrid museum, has spanned more than 15 years

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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NDTV

What's On US Supreme Court's Table? $30 Million Painting Looted By Nazis

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed the fate of a painting by Camille Pissarro looted by the Nazis in 1939 and currently on display at a gallery in Spain.

2 years ago·New Delhi, India

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Associated Press News

High court hears case involving painting stolen by Nazis

WASHINGTON (AP) — A California man and a Spanish museum locked in a dispute over a valuable impressionist masterpiece stolen by the Nazis should be able to agree on one thing, Justice Stephen Breyer said Tuesday during arguments in the case at the Supreme Court.

2 years ago·United States

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Hindustan Times

US Supreme Court to determine fate of $30 mn Pissarro painting looted by Nazis

The painting, now estimated to be worth around $30 million, once belonged to Lilly Cassirer Neubauer, a member of a prominent German Jewish family.

2 years ago·New Delhi, India

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CNN

Pissarro painting confiscated by Nazis at center of Supreme Court arguments

In a case involving a Nazi confiscation of a Jewish family's painting, the Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with how federal courts should decide whether California law or a foreign country's law should apply.

2 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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