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How The Opacity Of The Art World Hinders Those Seeking Restitution.Pdf, Tessa Kansas
How The Opacity Of The Art World Hinders Those Seeking Restitution.Pdf, Tessa Kansas
Tessa Kansas
The Panama Papers not only revealed how major corporations use tax havens for money laundering and the like, but art world dynasty, the Nahmad Family, has been exposed to a potential scandal; owning a piece of Nazi Looted art. The contested ownership of the Modigliani painting, Seated Man with a Cane, discovered in the leak of the Panama Papers highlights the increasingly opaque art world, and how it hurts those seeking restitution. The journal article will discuss the lengthy saga that has become the history of Seated Man with a Cane, and the true owner who has yet to …