U.S. Returns Art Stolen in 1981 from French Museum to France
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Author:
Bruce Zagaris
Date Published:
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Volume:
28
Issue:
4
Subject Areas:
Cultural Property
Theft
Geographic Identifier:
France
United States
Abstract:
On January 25, 2012, U.S. officials returned “Le Marché aux Poissons” (The Fish Market), a monotype by Camille Pissarro, a famous French painter, to French Ambassador François Delattre at a ceremony at the Kreeger Museum in the District of Columbia.[1]
[1] Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Homeland Security, ICE returns art stolen from French museum in 1981, Press Release, Jan. 25, 2012.