August 15, 2014
By Eileen Kinsella
“A German task force whose mission is to determine the provenance (history of ownership) of paintings that were found in Cornelius Gurlitt‘s apartment in Munich has concluded that the 1901 painting Two Riders on the Beach, by Max Liebermann, should be returned to David Toren. Toren, who lives in New York City and is represented by Washington, DC-based firm Weisbrod Matteis & Copley, filed a suit this past March against the state of Bavaria and the Federal Republic of Germany demanding the return of the painting. Toren claimed the work as stolen from the Breslau villa of his great uncle David Friedman by Nazis. The task force recently informed Toren that it had completed an investigation and found that the work was indeed stolen from Friedmann and that Toren is among his rightful heirs.”
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