Pissarro seized by Nazis to be sold at auction after families settle
In an undated image provided via Christie’s, “The Anse des Pilotes, Le Havre,” by Camille Pissarro, painted in 1903. A Pissarro painting that was at the center of a dispute between the heirs of a Jewish couple whose art collection was seized by the Nazis before World War II and a Jewish family who bought it in 1994 will be sold at auction after the two sides reached agreement. Via Christie’s via The New York Times.
The details of the settlement were not disclosed, but Christie’s has placed an estimate of $1.2 to $1.8 million on the work, “The Anse des Pilotes, Le Havre,” which it intends to sell May 14 in New York.
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903). Le Jardin d’Octave Mirbeau, la terrasse, Les Damps, 1892. Oil on canvas. 28 ¾ x 36 ¼ in. Estimate: $3,000,000-5,000,000. Offered in the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 13 May at Christie’s in New York. The Robert B. and Beatrice C. Mayer Family Collection
