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Seven Egon Schiele pieces that were recently given to the descendants of a Jewish art patron who passed away in a concentration camp in 1941 have just been returned to them by the Manhattan District Attorney's office.
The seven Schiele drawings and paintings were returned to Fritz Grünbaum's heirs during a ceremony on September 20 in the New York Supreme Civil Court.
At a news conference held in anticipation of Yom Kippur, one of the most important Jewish holy days, Manhattan district attorney Alvin L. Bragg declared that "today is historic and groundbreaking."
The worth of each Austrian Expressionist work that was returned on September 20 was estimated by the New York Times, which broke the news, to be between $780,000 and $2.75 million.
The seven works were once owned by many museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Morgan Library & Museum, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, as well as two private collectors, the late Serge Sabarsky and Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress.
