-Caveat Lector- http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/Sunday-Times/frontpage.html?999 December 5 1999 Nazi link cancels art sale ONE of cubism's most significant paintings has been withdrawn from a Sotheby's sale in London on suspicion that it was looted by the Nazis from a Jewish family, writes Peter Watson. The painting - Bouteille, verre et journal - by Juan Gris, a friend of Picasso, is part of a collection of 18 paintings sent from Germany to London in the 1930s. Its withdrawal, without conclusive evidence that it was taken by the Nazis, has alarmed the art world. The Gris was listed in the 1932 catalogue of the Whitechapel gallery in London, months before Hitler came to power. It said Dr Ismar Littman, of Breslau, was "compelled . . . to sell his entire collection" but neither his descendants nor Sotheby's has been able to discover what forced him. After the Nazis came to power, the modern art Littman collected was declared degenerate. The banks foreclosed and he shot himself, dying a year later. Nobody knows what happened to the painting between 1933 and 1941, when it was sold to Erich Mendelsohn, another Jewish exile in London. Sotheby's will not disclose the identity of the seller. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
