IFARreports
Volume 14, No. 4
April 1993
Towards a National Fine Arts Policy
— Florence Squassi Swanstrom
Dealer Peter H. Davidson forms National Fine Arts Heritage Fund in effort to develop policy for the fine arts, in wake of fears that New-York Historical Society financial troubles will lead to dumping art for dollars. “U.S. seriously behind in identifying and protecting its national patrimony.‼/div>
Gainsborough and Reynolds Discovered in London
— Anna J. Kisluk
Jim Groves walked into Sotheby's with paintings he said he bought in Bermondsey market; identified by Art Loss Register as stolen from Lincoln's Inn in 1990; controversy over “market overt”.
Rubens Recovered
— Anna J. Kisluk
The Dominican Monk, taken from Alfred Beit’s Irish mansion, Russborough, and Anthonie Palamades' The Music Party recovered.
New Director for Authentication Service
— Constance Lowenthal
Nancy J. Little, former librarian at Knoedler & Company art dealers.
An Alleged Tort of Paschen
— Constance Lowenthal
Contracting company sues former chairman Henry D. Paschen, charging that company funds were used to buy works of art for personal use.
Thieves Break Into NY Gallery
— Anna J. Kisluk
Moghul miniatures, Persian carpets, and Achaemenid gold rhyton taken from Alex Gallery on East 57th Street.
Recoveries
Fine Arts: Paintings, Pastels, Mixed Media, Watercolors: Palamedes, Rubens.
Discoveries
Gainsborough, Reynolds.
Missing Art Alert
$10,000 reward for Hans Hoffman work.
