<\ ANt, • ‘- ''% -s' .Aek. ev. . Sku: \'..t•,•-\\•:: Al, s.,...ti IV ,,,.. ,.. , ,. , , \\,. - .. -, -. . ' - :,.e., \ , • ‘1, \::,.\ :a*, .,.:. %•,.̀...\1/4„,,, %4. *,' N . . • • • \\- \%‘ s *b&4.VgssNA ‘'W STAR DELI IS ONE OF THE BEST CARRY OUT ONLY DELICATESSENS IN AMERICA! in March featured the issue at its the Holocaust Art Restitution Project annual Seattle Jewish Film Festival. (HARP) in Washington, .D.C., the Several hundred filmgoers joined the Seattle Art Museum became the first AJC at its screening of the docu- American museum to return Nazi mentary Making a Killing, which stolen art to its original owners. details the similar case of a Degas in - HARP was created by the B'nai the collection of industrialist Daniel B'rith Klurznick National Jewish Searle. That painting was returned Museum to form a database and inves- to its original owners shortly after tigate loss of Jewish cultural holdings. the movie was made. Seattle American Jewish Committee The case was different in a major Executive Director Nancy Vineberg way; however,. because the Searle paint- commended the museum for its deci- ing was owned by an individual and sion and said it is important for the only promised to the Chicago Art museum to be recognized for its Institute. After the screening, the audi- integrity "so others will see they can ence joined in a heat- be held in esteem ed discussion about when they do the Opposite page: The Seattle Art Nazi-stolen art and right thing." Museum returned its Matisse the Odalisque case. The AJC had "Odalisque" to the heirs The emotional worked closely with ofJewish art dealer Paul Rosenberg impact of the case was museum staff and vol- The painting was spotted in Hector perhaps best described unteers to build aware- Feliciano;- 1995 book, "The Lost by one of the art deal- ness of the Jewish Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to er's daughters, who said point of view and to Steal the World's Greatest Works it felt like one of her keep pressure on the of Art," under the title "Oriental father's children finally public institution to Woman Seated on Floor" was coming home. "do the right thing" as (whereabouts unknown). Although Gates quickly as possible. contends that the "I don't think peo- museum made the decision w ithin the ple really understand the international principles set up by the American ramifications. Everyone has been wait- Association of Art Museum Directors, ing to see how the U.S. museums will pressure from the Jewish community handle it," Vineberg said. "Now SAM, did heighten the sensitivity of the this little museum in little Seattle, has museum board and staff taken a big step. They've brought U.S. "Every individual has some aware- museums for the first time in line with ness of the horrors of the Holocaust. I what's happening in Europe. think to the degree to Which art repre- AJC devoted its 1998 annual meeting to Nazi-confiscated art and THE RIGHT THING on page 97 OUR HOMEMADE EAT-FREE TUNA ALSO CANT'T BE BEAT! 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European art collector Max Silberberg allegedly sold the painting under duress, before he perished at Auschwitz. His 85-year-old daughter-in-law, Gerta Silberberg of London, England, is petitioning for its return. In June, the Berlin National Gallery said they would return to Mrs. Silberberg two paintings that were sold at the same auction as the Pissarro painting. Anne Webber, co-chairman of the European Commission on Looted Art, told the Forward that "if the German museum has set the precedent, it's hard to see how the Israel Museum could do other than fol- low it and follow it quickly." But Israel Museum director James Snyder sees it as a more complicated issue. He told the Forward that the museum is looking to establish "policy guidelines" for how to deal with looted works and is checking to see if the Pissarro in question is the same one sold in 1935. Also, because the American Friends of the Israel Museum technically own the painting, which is on permanent loan to the museum, "it's not as if we can do anything unilaterally," he added. He said the museum will "work quickly and closely" witlithe American Friends of the Israel Museum to resolve the matter. Click onto People-Voice Connecter Personals via the Internet. You'll be delighted just how easily our website allows you to read ads, place ads and respond to ads by e-mail. Get updated or new ads before they print in the newspaper. Find your type over the Internet! Try it today! Go to www.detroitiewishnews.com and click on 8/6 1999 Detroit Jewish News 95