Ad hoc Facilitator/facilitateur ad hoc
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/ad-hoc-faciliator-facilitateur-ad-hoc
Afo-A-Kom – Furman Gallery and Kom people
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/afo-a-kom-2013-furman-gallery-and-kom-people
The Afo-A-Kom is a wooden sculpture sacred to the Kom people, a tribal population of Cameroon. In 1966, it was stolen and subsequently sold to a New York art dealer. No publisherFurman GalleryCriminal offence/infraction pénaleDue diligenceConditional restitution/restitution sous conditionNegotiation/négociationKom people/peuple KomPre 1970 restitution claims/demandes de restitution pre 1970Ownership/propriétéAd hoc facilitator/facilitateur ad hocIndigenous object/objet autochtoneSale/venteDiplomatic channel/voie diplomatique2013-02-07T16:40:00ZFolderish DocumentAncient Manuscripts and Globe – Saint-Gall and Zurich
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/ancient-manuscripts-and-globe-saint-gall-and-zurich
Thanks to the Swiss Confederation who acted as a mediator, the dispute between the Cantons of Zurich and Saint-Gall over cultural objects displaced during the religious wars of 1712 was ultimately settled in 2006 by an inventive agreement.No publisherSettlement agreement/accord transactionnelNegotiation/négociationAd hoc facilitator/facilitateur ad hocAntiquity/antiquitésMediation/médiationCanton of Saint-Gall/Canton de Saint-GallOwnership/propriétéSpoils of war/butins de guerreCanton of Zurich/Canton de ZurichCopy/copieLoan/prêt2013-02-19T14:25:00ZFolderish DocumentBaldin Collection – Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany and State Hermitage Museum Russia
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/baldin-collection-2013-kunsthalle-bremen-germany-and-state-hermitage-museum-russia-1
In the aftermath of the Second World War, the Soviet Army Captain Victor Baldin brought to Moscow many artworks of the collection of the Kunsthalle Bremen (Bremen Art Museum). The dispute for the restitution of the so-called “Baldin Collection” is ongoing and has grown to one of the most debated cases between Germany and Russia.No publisherStatute of limitation/prescriptionState Hermitage MuseumArtwork/oeuvre d’artOngoing dispute/litige en coursGermany/AllemagneKunsthalle BremenSpoils of war/butins de guerreRequest denied/rejet de la demandeNegotiation/négociationOwnership/propriétéAd hoc facilitator/facilitateur ad hocRussia/RussieDiplomatic channel/voie diplomatiqueState responsibility/responsabilité internationale des Etats2013-02-20T09:15:00ZFolderish DocumentBélier Malien – France, Jacques Chirac et Mali
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/belier-malien-2013-france-jacques-chirac-et-mali
En novembre 1996, le Président de la République Française Jacques Chirac reçoit en cadeau un quadrupède en terre cuite aux formes massives et stylisées. L’objet, qui provenait d’un site pillé au Mali, sera restitué sous forme de don après négociations en janvier 1998.No publisherMaliOwnership/propriétéDonationNegotiation/négociationPost 1970 restitution claims/demandes de restitution post 1970Symbolic gesture/geste symboliqueIllicit exportation/exportation illiciteFranceAntiquity/antiquitésIllicit excavation/fouille illiciteJacques ChiracAd hoc facilitator/facilitateur ad hocDiplomatic channel/voie diplomatique2015-12-14T13:35:00ZFolderish DocumentBlumengarten – Deutsch Heirs and Moderna Museet Stockholm
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/blumengarten-2013-deutsch-heirs-and-moderna-museet-stockholm
The heirs of Holocaust victims Otto Nathan Deutsch made several requests to the Moderna Museet Stockholm for the restitution of the painting “Blumengarten (Utenwarf)” (1917) by Emil NoldeNo publisherNazi looted art/spoliations naziesOwnership/propriétéArtwork/oeuvre d’artLoan/prêtSettlement agreement/accord transactionnelModerna Museet StockholmAd hoc facilitator/facilitateur ad hocSale/venteOtto Nathan DeutschInalienability/inaliénabilité2013-01-29T15:30:00ZFolderish DocumentBuste de Diane – Pologne et Auktionshaus im Kinsky
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/buste-de-diane-2013-pologne-et-auktionshaus-im-kinsky
En juin 2015, le Ministère de la culture polonais apprend qu’un buste de Diane, spolié durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale et disparu depuis, va prochainement être vendu à Vienne par la maison de vente Auktionshaus im Kinsky. Le Ministère contacte alors la société Art Recovery International. Avec l’aide de cette dernière et de l’Ambassadeur ainsi que du Consul général de Pologne en Autriche, le buste est restitué à la Pologne le 18 décembre 2015.No publisherSettlement agreement/accord transactionnelArt Recovery InternationalAuktionshaus im KinskyAd hoc facilitator/facilitateur ad hocMediation/médiationDue diligenceUnconditional restitution/restitution sans conditionOwnership/propriétéArtwork/oeuvre d’artNazi looted art/spoliations naziesDiplomatic channel/voie diplomatiquePoland/Pologne2017-12-11T16:35:00ZFolderish DocumentChasuble – Paraguay et Musée d’ethnographie de Neuchâtel et François Machon
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/chasuble-2013-paraguay-et-musee-d2019ethnographie-de-neuchatel-et-francois-machon
En 1889, le Musée d’ethnographie de Neuchâtel (MEN) reçoit en don une chasuble probablement spoliée au Paraguay pendant la guerre de la Triple Alliance (1864-1870). En 1926, le médecin neuchâtelois François Machon, alors Consul du Paraguay à Lausanne, propose au MEN le retour de la chasuble en échange du don de sa collection ethnographique, ce que le MEN accepte.No publisherNegotiation/négociationDonationPrivate person/personne privéeSpoils of war/butins de guerreBreach of contract/violation du contratSettlement agreement/accord transactionnelMusée d’ethnographie de NeuchâtelAntiquity/antiquitésAd hoc facilitator/facilitateur ad hocIndigenous object/objet autochtoneDiplomatic channel/voie diplomatiqueParaguay2013-04-08T15:30:00ZFolderish DocumentChrist Carrying the Cross Dragged by a Rascal – Gentili di Giuseppe Heirs v. Italy
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/christ-carrying-the-cross-dragged-by-a-rascal-2013-united-states-v-painting
In 1941, the painting “Christ Carrying the Cross Dragged by a Rascal” by Girolamo Romanino was confiscated by Nazi-controlled French authorities from Federico Gentili di Giuseppe – an Italian of Jewish descent living in Paris – and then sold at auction.
No publisherBrera Art GalleryOwnership/propriétéArtwork/oeuvre d’artJudicial decision/décision judiciaireJudicial claim/action en justiceUnconditional restitution/restitution sans conditionItaly/ItalieDiplomatic channel/voie diplomatiqueNazi looted art/spoliations naziesFederico Gentili di GiuseppeState immunity/immunité des EtatsExpropriationUnited States/États-UnisAd hoc facilitator/facilitateur ad hoc2015-08-11T13:25:00ZFolderish DocumentCrâne d’Ataï – France et Nouvelle-Calédonie
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/crane-d2019atai-2013-france-et-nouvelle-caledonie
En 1878, le grand chef Ataï fût tué lors de la rébellion de son clan contre l’accaparement des terres par les colonisateurs français. Devenu le symbole de la lutte contre le colonialisme français en Nouvelle-Calédonie, sa tête a été mise à prix avant de devenir propriété de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris (SAP). Dès les accords de Matignon en 1988, la France a promis le retour du crâne d’Ataï. Toutefois, ce n’est qu’en 2014, après des demandes réitérées, que le crâne fut finalement restitué à ses descendants.No publisherOwnership/propriétéUnconstrained initiative/initiative spontanéeHuman remains/restes humainsNew Caledonia/Nouvelle-CalédonieFranceUnconditional restitution/restitution sans conditionColonialism/colonialismeSettlement agreement/accord transactionnelAd hoc facilitator/facilitateur ad hoc2020-11-12T16:10:00ZFolderish DocumentFive Schiele Watercolors – Leopold Museum and Eva Zirkl
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/five-schiele-watercolors-leopold-museum-and-eva-zirkl
Karl Mayländer, a Jewish businessman and art collector, was deported from Austria to occupied Poland and later killed in the Holocaust. Before leaving, he left his art collection to his partner who later sold it. Five Schiele watercolors from his collection came into the possession of the Leopold Museum. Negotiations between the museum and Eva Zirkl, Mayländer’s heir, concluded with the return of two of the five watercolors to Zirkl.No publisherArtwork/oeuvre d’artSettlement agreement/accord transactionnelNegotiation/négociationAd hoc facilitator/facilitateur ad hocLeopold MuseumEva ZirklUnconditional restitution/restitution sans conditionOwnership/propriétéKarl MayländerNazi looted art/spoliations naziesProcedural issue/limites procédurales2016-07-27T12:55:00ZFolderish DocumentG’psgolox Totem Pole – Haisla and Sweden and the Stockholm Museum of Ethnography
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/g2019psgolox-totem-pole-2013-haisla-and-sweden-and-museum-of-ethnography
In 1927, a totem pole belonging to the Haisla tribe in Canada was stolen and brought to the Stockholm Museum of Ethnography. In 1991, the tribe discovered the location of their totem pole, known as the G’psgolox totem pole, and requested that it be returned. After fifteen years of negotiations, the G’psgolox totem pole was formally returned to the tribe in 2006. No publisherIndigenous object/objet autochtoneIllicit exportation/exportation illiciteConditional restitution/restitution sous conditionCopy/copieNegotiation/négociationHaislaPre 1970 restitution claims/demandes de restitution pre 1970Criminal offence/infraction pénaleSettlement agreement/accord transactionnelStockholm Museum of EthnographyAd hoc facilitator/facilitateur ad hocSweden/Suède2017-10-10T13:45:00ZFolderish DocumentGreat Zimbabwe Bird – Zimbabwe and Prussia Cultural Heritage Foundation, Germany
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/great-zimbabwe-bird-2013-zimbabwe-and-prussia-cultural-heritage-foundation-germany
The lower half of a stone bird discovered in Zimbabwe under dubious circumstances was bought by the Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin around 1907. During the Second World War, the stone was removed by the Russian Army. After the fall of the Soviet Union, it was returned to the Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin. In 2000, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation – which managed the collection of this museum – under the pressure of the German federal government finally returned the fragment of the stone bird to Zimbabwe under the terms of a permanent loan.No publisherColonialism/colonialismeNegotiation/négociationAd hoc facilitator/facilitateur ad hocZimbabweOwnership/propriétéGermany/AllemagnePrussia Cultural Heritage FoundationIndigenous object/objet autochtoneDiplomatic channel/voie diplomatiqueIllicit excavation/fouille illiciteLoan/prêt2013-04-05T10:50:00ZFolderish DocumentKhmer Statue – Cambodia and Sotheby’s and the United States
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/khmer-statue-2013-cambodia-and-sotheby2019s-and-the-united-states
In March 2011, Sotheby’s offered at auction in New York a Khmer statue. The statue was pulled out of the sale as a result of Cambodia’s request for its restitution. Cambodia claimed that it was illegally removed from the site Koh Ker during the 1970s and should be returned to them. No publisherOwnership/propriétéCambodia/CambodgeJudicial claim/action en justiceRuspoli Di Poggia SuasaNegotiation/négociationUnited States/États-UnisSotheby'sArchaeological object/objet archéologiqueUnconditional restitution/restitution sans conditionCriminal offence/infraction pénaleSettlement agreement/accord transactionnelAd hoc facilitator/facilitateur ad hocPost 1970 restitution claims/demandes de restitution post 19702014-06-30T15:35:00ZFolderish DocumentLa Seine vue du Pont-Neuf, au fond le Louvre
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/la-seine-vue-du-pont-neuf-au-fond-le-louvre-2013-heritiere-heilbronn-kunstmuseum-de-berne-republique-federale-d2019allemagne-et-etat-libre-de-baviere
Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le tableau de Camille Pissarro "La Seine vue du Pont-Neuf, au fond le Louvre" appartenant à Max Heilbronn est spolié par le régime nazi. En 2012, lors d'une perquisition chez Cornelius Gurlitt les autorités allemandes saisissent une collection d'œuvres dont le tableau de Camille Pissaro fait partie. Cornelius Gurlitt décède et lègue sa collection au Kunstmuseum de Berne. Le tableau est finalement restitué à l’héritière de Max Heilbronn.No publisherOwnership/propriétéKunstmuseum de BerneArtwork/oeuvre d’artUnconditional restitution/restitution sans conditionLegacy/legsSchwabinger Kunstfund TaskforceInstitutional facilitator/facilitateur institutionnelCornelius GurlittRépublique fédérale d'AllemagneHéritière HeilbronnSettlement agreement/accord transactionnelNazi looted art/spoliations naziesEtat libre de BavièreAd hoc facilitator/facilitateur ad hocCommission pour l'indemnisation des victimes de spoliations (CIVS)2020-10-07T14:20:00ZFolderish DocumentLiberation of Saint Peter from Prison – Feldmann Heirs and Private Person
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/liberation-of-saint-peter-from-prison-2013-feldmann-heirs-and-private-person
In 2002, an American professor spontaneously contacted the International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR) as she suspected that the drawing she had inherited, “The Liberation of Saint Peter from Prison”, was looted from Arthur Feldmann during WWII. IFAR established evidence which confirmed her suspicions and acted as a facilitator, together with the Commission for Looted Art in Europe, in the negotiations between the professor and the Feldmann heirs. In 2004, the professor agreed on the unconditional restitution of the drawing to the Feldmann heirs.No publisherOwnership/propriétéArthur FeldmannArtwork/oeuvre d’artUnconstrained initiative/initiative spontanéePrivate person/personne privéeNazi looted art/spoliations naziesUnconditional restitution/restitution sans conditionSettlement agreement/accord transactionnelAd hoc facilitator/facilitateur ad hoc2013-02-13T15:30:00ZFolderish Document