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Case Summary
Bamberger Heirs' Claim Against the Kunsthalle in Emden, Germany
Précis
In 2002, the Bamberger family and the Kunsthalle in Emden, Germany came to an agreement through which the Kunsthalle would compensate the family for a Nolde painting that was looted by Nazis during the Holocaust and would display the painting’s correct
provenance
The history of the ownership of an object or work of art; sometimes also used to describe the place of origin, or the find-spot, of an archaeological object or other antiquity (more correctly, “provenience”).
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