This is a brief excerpt from the document you requested from IFAR’s Art Law & Cultural Property Database.
Case Summary
In the Matter of Flamenbaum
In the Matter of the Accounting of Hannah K. Flamenbaum, as Executor of Riven Flamenbaum, Deceased, 27 Misc. 3d 1090 (N.Y. Sur. Ct. 2010); rev’d by In the Matter of Riven Flamenbaum, Deceased, 95 A.D. 3d 1318 (N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dep't May 30, 2012); aff’d by In the Matter of Riven Flamenbaum, Deceased, 2013 NY Slip Op. 07510 (N.Y. Court of Appeals, Nov. 14, 2013).
Précis
In this WWII-art related restitution claim, noteworthy for inverting the more common scenario of Holocaust victim as claimant, a museum made claim to property that was part of the estate of a Holocaust survivor. In May 2012, the
New York Appellate Division
A mid-level appellate court in the New York state court system that has the jurisdiction to decide appeals from the trial courts of one of the state’s four judicial departments.
New York Appellate Division reversed a lower court ruling and sided with the original owner, the Vorderaisiatisches (Near East) Museum in Berlin, Germany, in probate proceedings against the estate of Riven Flamenbaum (“the Estate”) in its attempt to recover a valuable ancient gold tablet that the Museum said had been stolen from it in the aftermath of the Second World War. . . .
Associated Legal Decision(s)
-
In the Matter of the Accounting of Hannah K. Flamenbaum, as Executor of Riven Flamenbaum, Deceased, 27 Misc. 3d 1090 (N.Y. Sur. Ct. 2010).
-
In the Matter of Riven Flamenbaum, Deceased, 95 A.D. 3d 1318 (N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dep't May 30, 2012).
-
In the Matter of Riven Flamenbaum, Deceased, 2013 NY Slip Op. 07510 (N.Y.Court of Appeals, Nov. 14, 2013)
Click here to subscribe to IFAR's Art Law & Cultural Property Database to access this and other documents about U.S. and international legislation and case law concerning the acquisition, authenticity, export, ownership, and copyright of art objects.
